Despite its important role in saving lives, over 5 billion people lack access to safe and affordable medical oxygen. This report outlines the urgent reforms needed...
Cigarette smoking is widespread and deadly, but our understanding of how cigarette smoke actually causes severe respiratory disease is incomplete, which makes it difficult to find...
Perth: Every 30 seconds, someone around the world experiences an asthma flare-up or Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) symptoms. For decades, the standard treatment for these...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a long-term lung disease with symptoms such as persistent coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness. COPD is...
According to the Global Disease, Injury and Risk Factors (GBD) study, accelerating declines in smoking prevalence globally by reducing smoking prevalence to 5% from current levels...
SAN DIEGO — If you can’t find the patient, you can’t treat them. But as researchers in a randomized controlled trial showed, case-finding methods can: Spirometry...
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