In the United States, about 4.3% of adults as of 2023 had ever received a diagnosis of COPD, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis. You can get COPD at any age, but it is more likely in middle-aged and ...

Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are both long-term lung conditions. They’re part of a disorder known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Because many people have both emphysema and ...

BIDMC is the first hospital in Boston and the second in the United States to offer minimally invasive endobronchial lung volume reduction, a technique that shows great promise for treating advanced ...

More research on the basic cellular and molecular mechanisms of COPD and emphysema is urgently needed to aid the logical development of new treatments for this common and important disease for which ...