Respiratory diseases

COPD most commonly known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a group of lung diseases including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and chronic obstructive airway. A person suffering COPD experiences inability to breath properly which may include ...

Older adults who are new users of opioids and are already suffering with lung disease are at more than two-fold higher risk of dying from a respiratory-related complication compared to non-opioid users, says a research.

Inflammatory substances present in cooked meats could lead to increased wheezing in children - found the study.

The absence of testosterone in women is to be blamed for doubling the chances of asthma in them, says a new study.

Earlier observational and clinical trial data have suggested a link between low levels of Vitamin D and increased rates of respiratory tract infections.

World Asthma Day is commemorated annually on the first Tuesday of May by Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to spread awareness about it. This year, GINA is organizing activities across the globe around the theme, ...

The findings suggest that when people with high level of anxiety also have asthma, their suffering can be far more debilitating and dangerous.

Apart from external factors like the quality of air and lifestyle patterns, some other things that can determine the pace of our lung ageing.

The findings showed that the premature deaths, defined as those at ages 35-69 years, would be 29.5 per cent and 14.6 per cent for moderately obese men and women.

Canadian researchers have found that children with access to clean drinking water may be at an increased risk of developing asthma in childhood than those who do not.