Columnist Caroline Gainer had been searching for ways to improve her rest. Now, with help of her Fitbit, she's found her ...

COPD is among the leading causes of death in industrialized countries, and new pharmacological treatments are being developed to help patients with this disease. But a spectrum of non-pharmacological ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Nucala (mepolizumab) as an add-on maintenance treatment for certain people with chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Using e-cigarettes, often called vaping, significantly increases the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a U.S. study suggests. People who used e-cigarettes, which are ...

March is a difficult month for me. I can relate to Bill Withers’ song “Ain’t No Sunshine.” The bleak winter months in southern West Virginia get me a little (or a lot) down. Those of us with chronic ...

A friend asked me if there is still time to get this season’s flu shot. That got me thinking about the issues that come with the shift from winter to spring and summer for those of us with chronic ...

A digital, community-based intervention to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations in a home setting significantly improved the quality of life of patients, a pilot study ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lungs, in which the airways become blocked, causing cough with mucus, wheezing, and shortness of breath. Symptoms ...

DirectRx, a specialty pharmacy for people with chronic health disorders, is now part of the exclusive U.S. pharmacy network distributing Ohtuvayre (ensifentrine), a newly approved therapy for chronic ...

For years, I got up in the morning and coughed and gagged, feeling like my throat was closing. Then I’d get a prickly feeling in my arms and back, like when your circulation gets cut off and a body ...

It’s not uncommon for those of us with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to suffer from cachexia, or wasting disease. A 2019 study found that people with cachexia or pre-cachexia had a ...