Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that affects more than 14 million U.S. adults, is marked by damage to the airways. It typically refers to emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

A flare-up in COPD can be predicted through changes in a person's voice, a new study claims. Patients' voices become higher-pitched, more breathy or hoarse when a flare-up is imminent, researchers ...

Researchers have identified biomarkers that can be detected in a simple urine test and then, using an AI algorithm, predicted when COPD symptoms will flare up. The team, which included researchers ...

Changes in people’s voices recoded on a smartphone can signal a serious flare up in symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a pilot study presented at the European ...

DEAR READER: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a long-term condition that makes breathing difficult. Breathing is a lot easier if you take your medicine and do any other therapy as ...

The correct diagnosis is Wenckebach with junctional escape beats (Figure 2). Figure 2. Courtesy of Philip J. Podrid, MD. The rhythm is irregular, but there is a pattern because many of the RR ...

THURSDAY, Nov. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Geoffrey Pointing says its hard to describe the distress of an asthma or COPD flare-up. “Honestly, when you're having a flare up, it's very difficult to ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: I have COPD. What can I do to avoid symptom flare-ups? DEAR READER: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a long-term condition that makes breathing difficult. Breathing is ...