Pulmonary diseases pose a major health problem worldwide with millions of affected individuals and dire economic impact.

Charles Burger, MD: Pulmonary hypertension really refers to a state where the right heart is generating high pressures to circulate the blood through the lung. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a common and incurable respiratory condition that is largely preventable and treatable, pharmacologically and non-pharmacologically. It involves progressive ...

The current pathophysiology of COPD encompasses three main characteristics: emphysema, chronic bronchitis and small airway disease. Macrophages and neutrophils are implicated in this process; thus ...

CIGARETTE smoke has been found to be closely related to the increased incidence of pulmonary cancer. 1 The epic work of Auerbach et al. 2 on the effects of smoking on the tracheobronchial epithelium ...

The Lundquist Institute today announced that it has received a grant of $112,000 from the Johnny Carson Foundation to support the training of the next generation of chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common respiratory condition, affecting 4.5% of people over the age of 40 in the UK. The British Lung Foundation estimates 1.2 million ...

So what is an exacerbation of COPD, or exacerbation of chronic bronchitis? Basically, it is based on a symptomatic definition. The patient complains about an increase in the baseline symptoms of ...