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Blood Test Could Gauge Your Odds for Lung Trouble Like COPD
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 – An experimental blood test could one day help identify people most likely to develop severe lung problems like COPD. The test reviews a panel of 32 proteins in blood that...
Preclinical Blood Test IDs Risk for Respiratory Death, Incident COPD
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11, 2024 – A proteomic signature indicating increased respiratory susceptibility identifies the risk for respiratory death, incident chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),...
Voice Changes Warn of COPD Flare-Ups
TUESDAY, Sept. 10, 2024 – A flare-up in COPD can be predicted through changes in a person’s voice, a new study claims. Patients’ voices become higher-pitched, more breathy or hoarse when a flare-up i...
People With Chronic Liver Disease Face More Barriers to Health Care
THURSDAY, Aug. 29, 2024 – People with chronic liver disease (CLD) have a higher likelihood of barriers to health care, according to a study recently published in Gastro Hep Advances. Carrie R. Wong, ...
Americans Are Moving Away From Polluted Areas -- If They Can Afford To
MONDAY, Aug. 26, 2024 – Americans of means are fleeing heavily polluted places in the United States for cleaner locales, a new study has found. Pollution levels are a factor in families’ decision to ...
Improper Inhaler Use by People With COPD Is Common, Worsening Disease
FRIDAY, Aug. 23, 2024 – Millions of people rely on medicines delivered by an inhaler to help manage chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD). But a new European study finds many patients are...
Two-Thirds of COPD Hospitalized Patients Misuse Inhalers
FRIDAY, Aug. 23, 2024 – Among patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), two-thirds of inhalers assessed at admission are misused, according to a study...
Too Much Fun? Fireworks Displays Quickly Harm Air Quality
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 – Fireworks displays can cause worse air quality than wildfire smoke, a new study reveals. About 60,000 firework shells exploded over Manhattan’s East River as part of Macy’s Fo...
Filmmaker David Lynch Has Emphysema
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 – David Lynch, who transformed television and film with series such as "Twin Peaks" and movies like "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive," announced Monday that he is battling...
Wildfires Are Creating Hazardous Air Conditions in Western North America
FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 – Wildfires raging across the western parts of the United States and Canada are prompting air quality alerts and evacuation orders. Smoke and haze have filled the skies in...
Wildfires in Western U.S., Canada Create Hazardous Air Conditions
THURSDAY, July 25, 2024 – Wildfires raging in several states and Canada are triggering air quality alerts and evacuation orders across the western parts of the United States. Smoke and haze have...
FDA Approves Ohtuvayre (ensifentrine) for the Maintenance Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
LONDON and RALEIGH, N.C., June 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Verona Pharma plc (Nasdaq: VRNA) (“Verona Pharma” or the “Company”), announces the US Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved Ohtuvayre...
Smoking + RA With Obstructive Pattern Shows Less Spirometry Decline
TUESDAY, June 25, 2024 – Patients who have smoked with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and an obstructive pattern may be a unique phenotype, according to a study published online June 17 in RMD Open. ...
Race-Neutral Metrics More Accurately Predict Risk in COPD
FRIDAY, May 31, 2024 – Race-neutral metrics more accurately predict the risk for death and exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a study published online April...
Dupilumab Tied to Fewer Exacerbations in COPD With Type 2 Inflammation
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 – Dupilumab is associated with fewer exacerbations for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with type 2 inflammation, according to a study published...
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