COPD News

Health care costs remained high for Medicare beneficiaries with common chronic conditions for which brand-name medications without generic alternatives were recommended, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Decreased pulmonary function characteristic of COPD may be attributable, in part, to the interaction between genome-wide polygenic risk scores and smoking exposures, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open.

History of exacerbations, as well as severity of dyspnea, may predict future exacerbations in patients with COPD, according to results of an observational study published in Respiratory Medicine.

Fluticasone-based inhaled corticosteroid treatment substantially changed airway microbiome diversity in patients with COPD, according to new data published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

The Healio Editors compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in December.

Noninvasive ventilation during exercise reduced dynamic hyperinflation and increased cycle endurance in adults with severe COPD, researchers reported in Chest.

A new study quantified significant short-term within-day variability in blood eosinophil counts in patients with stable COPD.

The Healio Editors compiled the most-read news in pulmonology posted in November.

Higher inhaled corticosteroid dose may be a risk factor for Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in patients with severe COPD, according to data published in BMJ Open Respiratory Research.

November 17 is World COPD Day, which aims to raise awareness of COPD worldwide.