I was interested to read Dr Morgan’s review of dysfunctional breathing in asthma in the 2002 Year in Review, 1 but the problem may be even greater in COPD. Dr Morgan suggests that the problem may have ...

Whether you are lightly exercising or are going about regular activities, COPD means you may find yourself short of breath. When that happens, stop and use these techniques to reset and get your ...

The Breathing Space Clinic: a multi-disciplinary, inter-organisational hospice-based pilot clinic to support the holistic needs of patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

1 COPD is a progressive lung disease that makes breathing difficult due to partially obstructed airflow into and out of the lungs. It results from an inflammatory and destructive process in the lungs ...

In this issue of the JBP, Pinto et al. 4 demonstrate, with great elegance, the regrettable state of COPD treatment in the public health care system in Brazil. Theirs was a cross-sectional study ...

The yellow zone means that you have more COPD symptoms than usual. You should call your healthcare provider if symptoms do not improve after treatment. You may experience increased shortness of breath ...

The health initiative will see a team of COPD health professionals offering free spirometry testing. Spirometry is a simple and painless breathing test where a person breathes into a device called ...