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What is Pulmonary Rehab for COPD?

When you’re living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, or COPD, everyday activities such as walking or climbing stairs can get harder. The...

Emphysema Vs. Chronic Bronchitis

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease that makes your lungs inflamed. In some cases, chronic bronchitis causes your airways to ...

Chronic Bronchitis Overview

As the disease goes on, it’s harder for you to breathe. Chronic bronchitis may make it easier for you to catch respiratory infections like colds, t...

Signs of a COPD Flare-Up

Self-awareness is important with COPD flare-ups. You should call your doctor right away if you or a loved one with COPD is showing symptoms of a fl...

Can You Prevent Pneumonia?

Pneumonia is an infection in your lungs caused by bacteria, a virus, or, less often, a fungus. Parents should also make sure that children under th...

Interventional Pulmonology

Using these tools, the doctor can perform several other interventional pulmonology procedures. During bronchoscopy, a doctor may collect a small pi...

Surprising Causes of Breathlessness

If you feel winded without even breaking a sweat, heart or lung disease could be to blame, but they’re not the only causes. People with severe anem...

Types of Breathing Problems, Explained

This is when you feel “short of breath,” like your body can’t get enough air. Bradypnea can be a sign of a condition that affects your metabolism o...

Benign Lung Tumors and Nodules

A benign lung tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue that serves no purpose and is found not to be cancerous. Benign lung tumors may grow from many ...

Atelectasis

Atelectasis is a lung condition that happens when your airways or the tiny sacs at the end of them don’t expand the way they should when you breath...

What is Asbestos?

The fibers that form asbestos separate very easily into tiny pieces when they’re handled or damaged. If you breathe in the fibers over long periods...

Are There Any Safe Destinations to Travel To?

Travel, even across town, is limited with most governments encouraging residents to stay home. For details with respect to travel, we regularly upd...