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Are You Taking Your Inhaler as Prescribed? Here’s Advice That May Help

If you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma and your doctor has prescribed an inhaler, you know that using it is essential to help control your lung disease. But that doesn't mean you always use it as prescribed. More...

From Research: New Anti-Inflammatory for COPD

The goals of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment are not only to prolong life but also to help maintain independence and alleviate discomfort. Achieving these goals requires a combination of lifestyle modifications, medications, mucus clearance devices, vaccinations, oxygen therapy and, sometimes, surgical procedures. Now, patients with severe COPD have a new option, roflumilast (Daliresp). More...

Can Inositol Reverse Damage Caused by Smoking?

A reader asks, “I saw a report about an over-the-counter drug called inositol that, supposedly, can reverse damage to lung cells caused by smoking. Is this true?” Here’s what we know about inositol. More...

Legionnaires’ Disease: Underreported and Still a Cause for Concern

When reports of a pneumonia epidemic at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia first hit the news back in the ’70s, most people had never heard of what was to become known as Legionnaires’ disease. But over the past decade, reported cases of Legionnaires’ disease -- a severe form of bacterial pneumonia -- have almost tripled. More...

Can Vitamin D Ward Off Colds and Flu?

Influenza, or the flu, is an acute infection usually involving the upper respiratory tract. Outbreaks of influenza occur each winter and last for two to three months, leading to infection in 10 to 20 percent of the population. Influenza can worsen the symptoms experienced by people who have COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) or asthma. It can also make a person more prone to a bacterial infection that causes pneumonia, or the flu virus itself can cause pneumonia. More...

Lung Cancer: When Nonsmokers Are Affected

Lung cancer was rare before the beginning of the 20th century, but it is now the most common cause of death from cancer among both men and women in the United States. Death rates are high because lung cancer is difficult to treat and is usually not detected until it has already spread. More...

Sleep Apnea Linked to Increased Stroke Risk

Middle-aged and older men with untreated obstructive sleep apnea have more than double the risk of experiencing an ischemic stroke when compared with their counterparts who don't have obstructive sleep apnea, a recent study finds. More...

Fluzone High-Dose: A Flu Vaccine for Older Adults

If you're 65 or older, you have a new option for the flu vaccine this year: Fluzone High-Dose. Fluzone High-Dose contains four times more antigen -- that part of the vaccine that stimulates your immune system -- than is found in regular flu vaccines, and it may offer greater protection for those with weaker immune systems. More...

Research on Smoking and Prostate Cancer

Apparently, there's another reason to quit smoking: A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that smoking at the time of prostate cancer diagnosis is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer recurrence as well as an increased risk of dying of prostate cancer. This is the first large-scale study to demonstrate that smoking increases the risk of dying of prostate cancer. More...

Asthma in Older Adults: Misdiagnosed and Undertreated

If you have asthma and you're over age 65, you're much less likely than a person in his or her 30s, 40s, 50s or even early 60s to receive a prescription for a controller medication -- an inhaled corticosteroid or a long-acting bronchodilator. This occurs despite guidelines from the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program recommending one for all adults with persistent asthma. More...

E-cigarettes: Another Option to Help You Quit Smoking?

If you have lung disease and you're a smoker, you undoubtedly know the importance of breaking the cigarette habit. You may even have tried to quit smoking before but to no avail. Could electronic cigarettes -- also known as e-cigarettes -- be the answer? These battery-powered devices look like real cigarettes, have a light-emitting diode (LED) on the tip that lights up when you inhale and even produce fake smoke in the form of water vapor.… More...

COPD and Sleep Disorders: Common and Serious

Anywhere from one-third to one-half of all people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have sleep disorders. Consequences of not getting enough sleep include a weakened immune system, which makes you more vulnerable to infection, and daytime sleepiness, which can prevent you from getting the exercise you need to help strengthen your heart and lungs. More...

The Value of Home Oxygen Therapy COPD Patients

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) not only limits breathing capacity immensely, but as it advances, COPD also reduces the ability of the lungs to transfer oxygen to the blood and body tissues, a condition known as hypoxemia. In addition to severe shortness of breath, chronic hypoxemia causes a variety of problems, including heart failure, difficulty concentrating, loss of energy, fatigue and weight loss. More...

How COPD Damages the Lungs

Your lungs make oxygen available to your body and remove other gases, such as carbon dioxide. When you inhale, air travels down the back of your throat (pharynx) and passes through your voice box (larynx) and into your windpipe (trachea). The trachea is divided into two air passages (mainstem bronchi); one leads to the left lung, and one to the right lung. The diaphragm, a dome-shaped muscle, lies below the lungs. More...

Controlling Asthma With the Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty System

Approximately 23 million Americans have asthma. If you’re one of them, you know how important it is to keep your asthma in good control. Recently a reader asked us: I heard that there's an electrical device that can treat asthma. How does it work, and is it safe? Here’s what we know. More...

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