COPD

Researchers are looking for new ways to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Here’s a look at what’s on the horizon.

Find out how your doctor will decide the best course of action to ease your COPD symptoms.

If you have COPD, your calorie requirements may be higher than you think. A person with COPD can burn 10 times as many calories breathing as a healthy person. Here are 11 feel-better foods and beverages that are rich in calories and nutrients.

A rare type of emphysema can seriously damage your lungs. Learn the symptoms, tests, and treatments for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, also called alpha-1 deficiency.

A rare type of emphysema can seriously damage your lungs. Learn about treatments for AAT deficiency.

Smart moves at home and work can help people with AAT deficiency feel their best.

WebMD talks to lung health experts about three of the most common supplements explored by people with COPD: NAC, vitamin D, and ginseng.

WebMD discusses the prognosis for people with COPD, whether they're in the early or later stages of the lung disease.

WebMD article on smoking cessation for people who have COPD.

Many homes harbor dust, fumes, germs, and other irritants that aggravate COPD symptoms like wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness.

Living with COPD presents 13 million Americans with new challenges, and opportunities for better health. Are you one? Then read on.

When you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, shortness of breath may be a daily and unwelcome fact of life. Here are breathing exercises that may help.

COPD symptoms can interfere with sex. But you don’t have to say goodbye to intimacy. Here are nine helpful strategies for sex and intimacy when you have COPD.

The more you know about COPD, the better you can manage it. Find out about treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.