We’ve all felt winded when taking the stairs or dealt with a cough from time to time. But if these issues linger, they could be early signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). If you have ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Risk for COPD, respiratory-related mortality and a respiratory exacerbation could be found via blood test. More ...

This combined model achieved a high level of accuracy, suggesting that imaging data alongside basic clinical information could be effective for screening.

Researchers have identified biomarkers that can be detected in a simple urine test and then, using an AI algorithm, predicted when COPD symptoms will flare up. The team, which included researchers ...

ATLANTA, Georgia — A combination of gene-expression testing (BronchoGen, Allegro Diagnostics) and diagnostic bronchoscopy significantly improves accuracy in the diagnosis of lung cancer, compared with ...

Smoking is the leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but it's not the only cause. Nearly 1 in 3 people with this lung disease have never smoked. Some were exposed to pollution ...

Removing a patient’s race from an equation used to assess lung function — a change called for by health equity advocates — would mean that the lung disease of nearly half a million Black Americans ...