One patient could only walk 15 to 20 steps before needing to get back on her oxygen, making it difficult to find motivation to engage in daily activities. Another patient struggled with severe ...

Lung cancer screening saves lives by detecting cancer early when it is most treatable. But what many people don’t realize is that the same low-dose CT scans used to screen for lung cancer can also ...

LOS ANGELES—January 26, 2025—As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and with fewer ...

More than 11 million people in the United States are living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including more than 3 million people with emphysema, a type of COPD. This chronic lung ...

As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and with fewer complications than they did ...

Severe emphysema is common, is associated with severe symptoms and disability, entails much utilization of healthcare, and lacks disease-modifying treatments. Since the 1960s, various palliative ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. & BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please note the addition of citations at the end of the release dated Sept. 4, 2022. The updated release reads: CONVERT CLINICAL TRIAL DATA ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) is higher and stages of disease are more advanced than has previously been reported, according to findings ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with advanced COPD and blood eosinophils of 100 or less had more exacerbations and reduced lung ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — We learn about a non-invasive procedure for advanced COPD and emphysema with StatCare Director of Interventional Pulmonology Dr. Varun Shah and a patient who has seen the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a new study, palliative care was associated with a modest increase in at-home mortality among patients with ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. & BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pulmonx Corporation (Nasdaq: LUNG) (“Pulmonx”), a global leader in minimally invasive treatments for severe lung disease, announces the ...