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Are you finding that your chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is making it harder to do the things you enjoy? Canceling plans more often? Missing work due to flare-ups? It could mean your ...

A Florence woman told us how a modern COPD treatment at Christ Hospital helped her to be able to do things she couldn't do before. I toured the White House to see Melania Trump's Christmas decorations ...

CINCINNATI — A 75-year-old Florence woman told us she thought her severe COPD was a life sentence. Until, that is, she discovered a breakthrough treatment that has transformed her daily life. Mary Kay ...

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AJMC®: How is COPD definitively diagnosed in clinical practice, and how does this disease create a clinical burden on patients and caregivers? Dr Rali: COPD diagnosis requires both clinical context ...

AJMC®: What recent developments in the therapeutic landscape of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) do you think have the greatest potential to shift how treatment is managed? Dr Martinez: ...

Dear Dr. Roach: After over 50 years of smoking, my wife has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bad scarring of her lungs, but fortunately she doesn't have cancer. She had respiratory ...

CHICAGO, Oct. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the American Lung Association Research Institute announced it has invested $22 million in new research grants, clinical research and strategic ...

Mepolizumab significantly reduced the annualized rate of moderate or severe exacerbations in COPD with an eosinophilic phenotype. Some 20% to 40% of COPD patients have elevated blood eosinophil counts ...

Biomedical startups are taking aim at a deadly lung condition that has long lacked innovative treatments. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, caused by smoking and air pollution, hinders breathing ...