COPD News

U.S. health care spending on respiratory conditions, especially chronic conditions like asthma and COPD, increased dramatically from 1996 to 2016, researchers reported in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Self-reported blast exposure predicted respiratory symptoms and COPD among post 9/11 veterans who were deployed to Southwest Asia and Afghanistan, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

A 12-month, home-based exercise program improved exercise capacity and patient-perceived fitness in adults with COPD but did not affect dyspnea, according to new data published in Chest.

High symptom burden patterns in patients with COPD are consistent over time and individual symptom experiences should be the main focus in treatment among these patients, researchers concluded in Respiratory Medicine Journal.

Remote patient monitoring with health coaching improved quality of life, self-management, daily physical activity, sleep and depression scores in patients with COPD, according to new data published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

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Smaller airway structures among women were associated with increased risk for chronic lung diseases including COPD, according to secondary analyses of the COPDGene cohort published in Radiology.

Tailored metered-dose inhaler education was more effective compared with brief intervention for improving asthma patients’ inhaler techniques, but those with low health literacy may benefit less, researchers reported in Respiratory Medicine.

CT measurements may support patient satisfaction along the continuum of COPD phenotypes, and imaging phenotypes could explain a proportion of COPD heterogeneity, researchers reported in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, was ranked No. 1 on U.S. News & World Report’s list of Best Hospitals for pulmonology and lung surgery.