COPD News

In patients with COPD who used to smoke, portable air cleaners may improve cardiovascular health, according to a study published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

COPD mortality varied by industry and occupation among ever-employed persons, according to data from the CDC published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

The 2023 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease report defines several changes regarding definitions, assessment tools and treatments for COPD, all of which underscore recent advances in the field.

Patients with COPD experienced early, but modest and nonpersistent, reductions in lung function during treatment with metoprolol, according to a post-hoc analysis of the BLOCK COPD study in The Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

In this Healio video exclusive, Nicola A. Hanania, MD, MS, speaks about a CHEST Annual Meeting session in which he took part that was focused on asthma and COPD overlap.

Health care professionals managing COPD are attempting to embrace objective standards in both clinical and research settings.

Researchers found a 25% increased risk for COPD among U.S. military veterans who took part in duties that had moderate or high likelihoods of exposure to inorganic dust, according to a research letter published in Chest.

In a cohort of patients with COPD, researchers observed no significant differences in all-cause mortality between Black and white individuals, although there were differences regarding comorbidity-related mortality, study results showed.

Individuals with low FEV1/FVC ratio plus low FVC lifetime trajectories were at an increased risk for COPD, according to a study in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Grifols announced that its at-home service to test for genetic risk related to alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency has received clearance from the FDA.