Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are more likely to die within a year of undergoing elective surgery and to incur higher healthcare costs than similar patients without COPD, ...

David Lynch, writer and director of the Hollywood movies “Dune” and “Blue Velvet” and co-creator of the TV series “Twin Peaks,” has died at age 78, less than six months after announcing he had been ...

India has the second-highest incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (CoPD) in the world, after China. What you need to know about CoPD and the cost of treatment for the chronic lung ...

The American Lung Association reports that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the sixth leading direct cause of death overall and the fifth leading disease-related cause of death in the ...

Miami (January 21, 2025) – Chronic lower respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, according to the U.S.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Similar risks for mortality and exacerbations were found among patients with COPD taking insomnia hypnotics vs.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risks for a cardiovascular event/death were high after moderate and severe COPD exacerbations. This increased ...

People who have arthritis and also have COPD have a significantly higher risk of death than those without the respiratory disease, according to a new study. In fact, people with arthritis and COPD are ...

Higher mortality rates linked with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are found in individuals employed in the mining and food service industries, according to a CDC analysis. Elevated ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Emphysema detected on baseline low-dose chest CT (LDCT) in the lung cancer screening cohort of more than 9,000 asymptomatic adults was associated with death from all causes, chronic ...