Due to chronic inflammation, those with COPD must learn to listen to what their bodies are telling them, writes columnist.

A Phase 3 clinical trial testing AstraZeneca’s injection therapy benralizumab as a potential treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has failed to meet its main goal of showing the ...

Note: This column describes the author’s own experiences with guaifenesin. Not everyone will have the same response to treatment. Consult your doctor before starting or stopping a therapy. We always ...

I have a few tips, tricks, and gadgets that help me live a good life with my chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). They come during my morning and evening routines, which help us do what’s ...

Now that I have treatment for my depression and inability to sleep, I look a little differently than I used to at the occasions when I feel fatigued. I think it’s important for those of us with ...

For several years now, a doe has hidden her fawns in the middle flower bed in my front lawn. I gain so much pleasure watching her deposit her children for me to babysit each day as she goes about ...

Caroline Gainer is from West Virginia, the state with the highest rate of COPD in the United States. She was diagnosed with moderate-to-severe COPD in 2013 after a pneumothorax (lung collapse). After ...

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 disease (COPD). The treatment, ...

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 ...

Fluticasone-salmeterol (brand name, Advair Diskus; GSK) is an inhalation maintenance treatment for breathing difficulties caused by COPD, such as wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing, and chest ...

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 ...