Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are some of the most common coexisting conditions in COPD. Shared risk factors and overlapping physiological processes likely contribute to the high rate of ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with fatal events in the long-term prognosis of stroke, but the association between COPD and short-term death in patients with stroke is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The risk for COPD rose among women who started menstruation at age 11 years or younger vs. 13 years, as well as ...

MERCY MEDICAL CENTER. 57 YEAR OLD STEPHANIE HARRIS HAS BOTH ASTHMA AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, OR COPD. I STARTED SMOKING AROUND THE AGE OF 14 OR. 15. AND I COMPLETELY STOPPED MAYBE ...

Female reproductive factors were associated with risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including age at menarche, number of children, miscarriage, stillbirth, and age at natural ...

A recent study found that nurses who worked in operating rooms for 15 or more years are 46% to 69% more likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than nurses who had never worked ...

Disinfectants and surgical smoke -- the gaseous by-product produced by heat-generating surgical instruments -- are among the hazardous chemicals to which physicians, nurses, and other hospital staff ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Exacerbation risk factors in this population included GERD, chronic bronchitis, high symptom burden and ...

November is National COPD Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and what you can do to keep yourself safe.

Although there has been a significant decrease in the impact of non-communicable diseases, such as cancer and heart diseases, a global increase in morbidity and mortality linked to chronic respiratory ...

A CDC report shows people living in rural areas experience greater COPD risk, hospitalizations, and mortality. Factors like high rates of smoking, limited access to COPD care, and rural industries may ...