COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) affects millions of people worldwide. Symptoms include breathing difficulties, emphysema, coughing, and significant mucous production in the lungs. It is ...
Individuals with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were more vulnerable than healthy controls to epithelial cell changes caused by microplastics exposure, based on data from a ...
In participants with COPD, Proteobacteria accounted for 50% of their microbiome. Bacteria from the genera Haemophilus and Moraxella were also more abundant in the sputum of people with COPD. The most ...
The National Lung Health Initiative aims to put these two breathing organs front and centre in health policy and awareness.