In vivo platelet activation and related pathways may be linked to small airways disease and pulmonary vascular changes in smokers.

Using imaging and respiratory symptoms, researchers identified up to 15.4% of individuals without airflow obstruction as ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham-led researchers have refined and validated a new framework for diagnosing chronic ...

Including imaging and symptom-based data in COPD diagnosis captures patients with high-risk disease otherwise overlooked.

Rademikibart significantly improved airway function, as measured by FEV1, within a day and significantly reduced acute exacerbations in patients with inflammation-mediated chronic asthma strongly supp ...

Late-breaking findings on pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine will be presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2025 International Conference.

The physical examination findings and test results differ in the early ... Tests like chest X-ray, computerized tomography (CT), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can show signs of CHF or COPD.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is an ongoing group of lung conditions that include chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD is the result of damaged lung tissue, which leads to ...

Background: Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) commonly coexists with connective ... and occupational dust exposure could inform the prioritization of patients for HRCT imaging. This ...

The acknowledgment on Monday amounted to a reversal of the report’s top-line findings. Those conclusions fed into anxieties in higher education about long-term challenges, including a coming ...

"We also need bronchoscopic treatments for patients with homogenous emphysema that are as durable and safe who have collateral ventilation presence," he told Medscape Medical News. The findings ...

it can potentially decrease the ventilation defects on MRI imaging. So, all these are modifiable targets and potentially disease modifiers, and the hope is that this will translate into COPD.