Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Associated Health-Care Resource Use--North Carolina, 2007 and 2009 [From the ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including emphysema and chronic bronchitis, is a progressive condition in which airflow becomes limited, making it difficult to breathe.

Obstruction ahead!

What do the revised GOLD guidelines for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease mean for patients and respiratory specialists?

Bacterial bronchitis study launched

The world's biggest study into the causes of bacterial bronchitis has been launched at a children's hospital in Sheffield.

Me and my operation: The tiny bell that breathes life back into your lungs

Susan Matthews, from Wiltshire, had such severe emphysema she could barely breathe - until she had a tiny bell-shaped valve inserted into her lung.

Lung disease deaths among men drops

THE number of men dying from lung diseases including emphysema and chronic bronchitis has fallen dramatically since the 1970s, a new report has found.