Chronic bronchitis is an established phenotype with a clinical definition, associated outcomes, and targeted treatments. [1] The same cannot be said for emphysema, but a recently published letter [2] ...

Emphysema: Pulmonary emphysema is a disorder affecting the alveoli (tiny air sacs) of the lungs. The transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs takes place in the walls of the alveoli. In ...

Visually assessed pulmonary emphysema independently predicted modestly elevated all-cause mortality risk over 25 years of follow-up in patients with a history of smoking. After controlling for other ...

NEW YORK (CBS 2)-- Most people know that smoking causes lung cancer, but an even greater number of smokers will develop obstructive lung diseases like emphysema. As Dr. Max Gomez reports, there's a ...

LOS ANGELES, Aug 5 (Reuters) - "Twin Peaks" creator David Lynch said on Monday he is filled with happiness and will never retire despite an emphysema diagnosis, clarifying comments he made earlier to ...

No effective therapy for treating pulmonary emphysema has been established, and the number of patients with pulmonary emphysema and the costs associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

THE occurrence of acute mediastinal emphysema during labor and delivery is an unusual and sometimes puzzling complication. Numerous case reports of this entity have been described during the past ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- For people with emphysema, breathing in is hard because the lungs can't expand properly. In this week's Moves in Medicine, we learn about a procedure letting some emphysema ...

Detecting emphysema on a baseline low-dose CT (LDCT) scan for lung cancer screening predicted mortality over 25 years of follow-up in those with a history of smoking, a prospective study showed.