Anxiety is common in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). As many as half of all patients with COPD have a clinical anxiety disorder. Anxiety is particularly severe during acute ...

"Logic will never replace love," says the narrator in the opening moments of " Remembering Leonard Nimoy: His Life, Legacy and Battle with COPD," a new documentary about the end of the famous "Star ...

Doctor Rob Riley joins us from Memorial Family Medicine every Tuesday to answer viewer questions. Here are the questions he addressed during NewsCenter 16 at Noon on December 20, 2016: "I don’t have a ...

Patients with severe persistent asthma or severe COPD, with additional inclinations toward anxiety or panic disorders, exhibited an increased interest in using digital inhalers, based off 2 Health ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of lung conditions that include chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It’s a chronic condition that makes breathing difficult, and can lead to ...

COPD Severity and Life Expectancy Doctors use a classification system called the Global Initiative on Obstructive Lung Disease (or GOLD) system to determine how severe your COPD is. It's based on how ...

COPD cannot be reversed. However, quitting smoking, managing any allergies, and following an exercise program may help slow its progression. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of ...

More than 50% of adults with low pulmonary function are undiagnosed and unaware that they have COPD. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is also a rare genetic disorder that causes COPD. 4 Alpha-1 ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, isn’t curable, but there are treatments to manage its symptoms as well as ways you can slow down its progression to help you live longer and better.

Who helps you manage your COPD? It’s more than just one doctor. It’s a medical care team. What Kind of Doctors Treat COPD? Your COPD care team includes providers who prescribe medicine, guide therapy ...