After a challenging period of various illnesses, columnist Caroline Gainer is focused on staying grounded with an exercise routine.

An irregular heart rate and brain fog signaled columnist Caroline Gainer's health was off balance, but a slice of pie got her ...

The American Lung Association Research Institute is investing $22 million to advance research and support care for lung disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). “Research is ...

I will soon be 82, and my weight has been an issue since being diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For most of my adult life, I weighed 113 pounds and was 5 feet, 1 inch tall.

“Gloom, despair, and agony on me …” The Moonshiner quartet sang it best on the country show “Hee Haw,” their voices twanging through the television like a knowing wink from the universe. I used to ...

A Phase 3 clinical trial testing AstraZeneca’s injection therapy benralizumab as a potential treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has failed to meet its main goal of showing the ...

Note: This column describes the author’s own experiences with guaifenesin. Not everyone will have the same response to treatment. Consult your doctor before starting or stopping a therapy. We always ...

Using e-cigarettes, often called vaping, significantly increases the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a U.S. study suggests. People who used e-cigarettes, which are ...

Trying something new doesn’t always yield good results, which is why those of us with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) need to vet any new device we may wish to try. I did my due diligence ...

A friend asked me if there is still time to get this season’s flu shot. That got me thinking about the issues that come with the shift from winter to spring and summer for those of us with chronic ...

A urine test developed in a dipstick format by Global Access Diagnostics helped not only distinguish between stable and exacerbation states among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients ...