Payers have been rolling out disease management programs as a way to both control costs and improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, ...

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that is in a state of disease stability (DS) have fewer exacerbations and lower mortality, according to study findings published in Chest.

In the United States, development of COPD is most likely to be related to tobacco smoke, which is an important modifiable risk factor to consider when managing patients with COPD. Cardiovascular ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. For more episodes, download the Medscape app or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred podcast provider. Leah J. Witt, MD: ...

November is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness month and nearly 16 million Americans are diagnosed with COPD. Hospital for Special Care (HSC) offers medically-supervised smoking ...

Awareness Month, a time to bring attention to one of the leading causes of illness and death in the United States — yet one ...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive lung condition that causes breathing difficulties by blocking airflow.

Few discrepancies exist between the disease management program "Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" and current clinical practice guidelines. On 3 January 2014 the German Institute for Quality and ...

In conjunction with World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day, organised by the World Health Organisation and the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD), a research ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the commonest lung problems affecting middle aged smokers. The management aims include:- Smoking is the most important cause of and contributing ...