The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal

Three-quarters of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) cases have their origins in poor lung function pathways beginning in childhood. These pathways are associated with exposures in childhood, and amplified by factors in adulthood, according to a...

The self-taught training includes a video and booklet, and shows similar results to face-to-face training with a physiotherapist in helping improve people’s quality of life by improving symptoms, mood, and ability to conduct day-to-day activities. The...

News Hour: Latest global estimates illustrate the vast impact of the two most common chronic respiratory diseases, with 3.2 million deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 0.4 million deaths caused by asthma in 2015,...

News Hour: A combination of two drugs – lumacaftor and ivacaftor – improves lung function in children aged 6-11 with cystic fibrosis within 15 days of treatment, according to a phase 3 trial published in The...