Content by Health System. With Asthma Peak Week typically during the middle of September, now is a great time to learn the facts about asthma or COPD.

“Emphysema is usually a description of images — CT scan or X-ray — and is only one part of the disease of COPD,” says Uddalak Majumdar, MD, pulmonologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. COPD is ...

Chronic lower respiratory diseases, namely, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States. A contributing factor is diagnostic ...

As evidenced by a debate at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2023, the pulmonology community disagrees on whether the overlap of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a distinct entity ...

It takes people with COPD longer to exhale all the air from their lungs, often because of narrowing and damage in the airways. COPD is an umbrella term that includes chronic obstr ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Air pollution and genetic susceptibility increased the risks for progression from asthma to COPD, according to a ...

In 2021, an estimated 14 million adults in the United States reported a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, or emphysema. If you’re not sure what the ...

Researchers found smoking marijuana was associated with significantly increased risk of asthma, including among people who ...

A study found that inhaling marijuana every day is associated with a 44% increased chance of developing asthma. It also ...