Doctors sometimes recommend lung coils to help someone manage severe emphysema, especially when other treatments have been unsuccessful. Their benefits include increased lung volume, exercise capacity ...

If you’ve been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, you probably have shortness of breath during physical exertion. Regular exercise may seem intimidating, but it’s actually ...

COPD – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – refers to a group of lung diseases that cause damage to the airways and air sacs in the lungs. The damage can’t be reversed, so treatment includes ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- For those with breathing problems, exercise may seem out of the question. But they can and should be active, under the guidance of pulmonary rehab, a therapy experts at Temple ...

The National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT) was a multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing the efficacy of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) plus medical management with ...

The first randomized controlled trial to compare two different lung volume reduction procedures for people with emphysema has found that both lead to similar improvements in lung function, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with a dual therapy inhaler, a triple therapy inhaler improved inspiratory capacity in those with COPD.