Objectives There is a lack of knowledge about whether occupational exposures increase the risk of emphysema, especially in never-smokers. Our objective was to determine if occupational exposures are ...

Emphysema detected on baseline low-dose chest CT (LDCT) in the lung cancer screening cohort of more than 9,000 asymptomatic adults was associated with death from all causes, chronic obstructive ...

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 ...

Emphysema detected on baseline low-dose chest CT (LDCT) in the lung cancer screening cohort of more than 9,000 asymptomatic adults was associated with death from all causes, chronic obstructive ...

After emerging from stealth earlier this year, Apreo Health has raised $130 million to breathe new life into the development of lung implants for emphysema. The financing comes through a series B ...

California-based startup Apreo Health has raised $130m to further the development of its implant for treating severe emphysema. The Series B round was co-led by new investors Bain Capital Life ...

Adults with wheezing had 4.2% greater pace of aging and a shorter average telomere length. Accelerated epigenetic aging is associated with wheezing in adults — wheezing that is largely linked to ...

With the earlier definition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), patients were essentially defined as having either chronic bronchitis or emphysema, with emphysema classified as a ...

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the possibility that some cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema in adults represent formes frustes of fibrocystic disease of the pancreas ...

Recent research suggests that certain biologic medications called monoclonal antibodies may help treat emphysema more effectively than some current therapies. These medications include benralizumab ...