New GOLD guidelines recommend using pre-bronchodilator spirometry to rule out COPD and post-bronchodilator measurements to ...

Available treatments for COPD are mainly palliative ... with GOLD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) guidelines recommending a pyramidal approach starting with lifestyle ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is among the most common breathing conditions. It's the result of damaged lung tissue.

People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and arthritis have a higher risk of death than people with arthritis ...

With 30% of COPD cases misdiagnosed, experts call for improved diagnostic strategies, better disease classification, and ...

This interactive map explains where COPD rates, hospitalizations, and deaths are highest across the United States.

The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, or GOLD, COPD exacerbation history groups were “mediocre” in ...

Medically reviewed by Brian Bezack, DO Over-the-counter (OTC) inhalers are not approved for treating chronic obstructive ...

GOLD is an international group of lung health experts who periodically produce and update guidelines for doctors to use in the care of people with COPD. Doctors use the GOLD system to assess ...

Emerging evidence shows glucose-lowering medications may have the potential to improve chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Historically, RSV has been studied mainly in infants and older adults, but recent research shows that it also poses a ...