Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a group of lung diseases with no cure. CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen ...

Patients with COPD are at increased risk for infections, making avoidance and effective treatments key in management.

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Emphysema is a chronic lung disease that occurs when the air sacs in the lungs (called the alveoli) can no longer inflate and deflate to pump air in and out ...

Emphysema is a serious condition that slowly destroys lung tissue and makes it hard for you to breathe. Find out how doctors define stage 4 of this disease and what you can do.

When you are living with a chronic lung disease, like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), every breath matters and so does every bite.

COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The condition causes lung inflammation that leads to airflow blockage and breathing problems. [1] “COPD encompasses both emphysema and ...

Many people newly diagnosed with lung disease want answers now, rather than finding them out on their own later. Learn what to ask your doctor upfront, and how to gather other tools to manage lung ...

A risk assessment tool including five factors identified whether patients with chronic lung disease and pulmonary ...

The major sites of obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are small airways (<2 mm in diameter). We wanted to determine whether there was a relationship between small-airway ob ...

Asthma, lung cancer, and COPD hit women differently (and often harder) than they do men. Late diagnoses—with riskier outcomes—aren't helping.

Researchers have discovered that a protein involved in cystic fibrosis also regulates inflammation and cell death in emphysema and may be responsible for other chronic lung diseases. The findings ...