Recent research published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine confirms that emphysema was detected in 24% to 31% of patients undergoing lung cancer screening. This means that for millions of Americans, ...

To diagnose chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), doctors typically use spirometry to measure your lung function ... that required for a typical X-ray. While the doses of radiation ...

Chronic obstructive ... COPD, you can manage the condition and prevent it from materializing into severe symptoms. Managing COPD can also help reduce your risk for other conditions, including lung ...

Neurological restrictive lung diseases are caused by disorders of the central ... with COPD and those who have had lung ...

Individuals with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were more vulnerable than healthy controls to ...

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Background: Osteoporosis is one of the important systemic features of COPD. Although COPD itself is regarded as one risk factor for osteoporosis, the relationship between the extent of emphysema ...