IN a keynote address to the National Tuberculosis Association in 1964 1 the Health Commissioner for the New York City Metropolitan Area emphasized the concern he felt over the rising incidence of ...

NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Up to 24 million adults may have COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Emphysema is the best-known form, but chronic bronchitis can be just as debilitating.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, that block your airways and make it hard for you to breathe. Today, doctors understand ...

The relationship between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic bronchitis (CB) is important, significant and overlapping in nature. This review will analyze the relationship between ...

The lipid mediator ceramide contributes to tissue destruction in emphysema by promoting apoptosis of structural cells in the lung. This finding challenges a traditional hypothesis for the pathogenesis ...

Objective: To develop consensus on appropriate treatment for acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis (AECB). Characteristics and Etiology: Patients with chronic bronchitis have an irreversible ...