Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT (LDCT) can effectively evaluate a high-risk population for undiagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and airflow obstruction, based on data from a ...

Doing targeted COPD case finding as part of NHS lung cancer checks could save £33m over the next decade, research has shown.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is uncertainty surrounding the link between COPD and lung cancer. Selecting patients who should undergo ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Long-time smokers and former smokers are eligible to be screened every year for lung cancer. But Temple Health says adding a simple test could tell doctors so much more.

70% of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) cases go undiagnosed. Now, a study led by Hospital del Mar and the Hospital del MResearch Institute has validated ten metabolites that are altered ...

Credit: Getty Images. The 2024 GOLD COPD Report includes updated research and recommendations that reflect shifts in thinking on COPD management. Vogelmeier, who heads the Department of Medicine, ...

SAN DIEGO — You can't treat patients if you can't find them. But as investigators in a randomized controlled trial showed, a case-finding method based on spirometry results can identify individuals in ...

Mepolizumab significantly reduced the annualized rate of moderate or severe exacerbations in COPD with an eosinophilic phenotype. Some 20% to 40% of COPD patients have elevated blood eosinophil counts ...

Now available in the U.S., this free, innovative genetic health risk service lets consumers screen for their risk of alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency (alpha-1) through a small saliva sample they can ...

People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and arthritis have a higher risk of death than people with arthritis who do not have COPD, according to a new study. The study is published in ...

People who have arthritis and also have COPD have a significantly higher risk of death than those without the respiratory disease, according to a new study. In fact, people with arthritis and COPD are ...