COPD

The Study

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, COPD, is a limitation of how much air we can inhale and exhale, it is not fully reversible, is a significant cause of poor healthcare outcomes (it is the third most common cause of death in the US), and is fr

We often tend to think of rural environments as being less polluted than our cities — fewer cars, less air pollution, etc. Thus we might expect folks living in rural areas to have fewer lung-related ailments.

The body likes things like oxygen to go where it is designed to go.

By now, anyone even slightly versed in health issues understands that cigarette smoking can irretrievably damage the lungs — whether via lung cancer or other disease processes, such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

The famous singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, as per his manager Robert B.

A few days ago, Leonard Nimoy, the actor best known for his classic portr

Emphysema and chronic bronchitis a