The grant supports a U.S. research project into a wearable biosensor that analyzes various molecules in sweat to predict COPD ...

When columnist Caroline Gainer is struggling to stay positive, she turns her attention to others, offering them kindness and ...

A study based on US dietary habits found a 26% higher COPD mortality risk in people with daily diets of over 40% ...

There is no need to do any special preparation for this test. However, if you are on oxygen therapy, oxygen values must be constant for 20 minutes before the test. If you are taking medication to make ...

When we breathe, our lungs take in oxygen (O 2), a gas necessary for our body to work. Certain conditions, such as COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), result in low levels of oxygen in the ...

Fluticasone (brand name Flovent) is a prescription corticosteroid used to prevent breathing difficulties, chest tightness, wheezing and coughing caused by respiratory disorders such as COPD. It works ...

COPD is among the leading causes of death in industrialized countries, and new pharmacological treatments are being developed to help patients with this disease. But a spectrum of non-pharmacological ...

GSP 304 (tiotropium bromide) is a mist that Glenmark Pharmaceuticals is developing to widen the narrowed airways that are a hallmark of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Glenmark is working on ...

The active substance delivered by INOpulse is inhaled nitric oxide (iNO). NO is naturally produced by the lining of blood vessels as a vasodilator, a compound that acts to relax the smooth muscle ...