With 30% of COPD cases misdiagnosed, experts call for improved diagnostic strategies, better disease classification, and ...

Within the respiratory disease area, innovative treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, allergic rhinitis and infantile ...

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an irreversible form of lung disease, is ...

The current model for managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) generally considers inhalers from the same therapeutic class to be clinically equivalent.1 When a long-acting muscarinic ...

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If you're not paying close attention, the first stage can be easy to miss. COPD treatment goal is to help you breathe easier and help regular activities. Medications along with lifestyle ...

There is no curative treatment of COPD, and anything that can reduce the decline in lung function could therefore be a good treatment option; however, this needs to be explored further.

The worldwide increase in both COPD and diabetes cases underscores the importance of these findings. With projections indicating significant growth in affected populations, identifying treatments ...

The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review has prepared a special report on Trelegy and Breo, two therapies that treat ...

belief that Ohtuvayre's bronchodilator and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory activity can re-define the COPD treatment paradigm." The encouraging sales figures come at a time when treatment options ...

The risk for moderate or severe COPD exacerbation was lower among those treated with SGLT-2is and with GLP-1 RAs versus DPP-4is.