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 ...

Scientists have found a new treatment for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that may be more effective than current options. Over the past 50 years, treatment options ...

The antibody drug benralizumab is on the fast track to becoming the first new treatment for certain kinds of asthma and COPD flare-ups seen in 50 years, following promising clinical trial data.

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Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic respiratory (lung) diseases that cause breathing difficulty and coughing. Asthma affects about 28 million people in the United ...

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Many persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma have not received a diagnosis, so their respiratory symptoms remain largely untreated. We used a case-finding method to ...

Researchers report that as many as 70% of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma could be undiagnosed. They say that receiving a diagnosis and treatment can dramatically ...

Current drug treatments have been incorporated into clinical practice guidelines, such as the NAEPP EPR-3 for asthma [101] and GOLD treatment guidelines for COPD, [102] both of which recognize the ...

NEW YORK, May 19 (UPI) --Finding and treating people with undiagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improved their health and led to fewer appointments for respiratory symptoms in ...

An injection given during some asthma and COPD attacks is more effective than the current treatment of steroid tablets, reducing the need for further treatment by 30%. The findings, published today in ...