Columnist Caroline Gainer had been searching for ways to improve her rest. Now, with help of her Fitbit, she's found her ...

When I was suffering from depression, I couldn’t do my housework the way that I wanted. Now that I’m better, I’m enjoying doing things like pulling weeds and other chores. These activities are also a ...

Common symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, include shortness of breath, a frequent cough or cough that produces a lot of mucus, wheezing, and tightness in the chest. Excess ...

Fluticasone (brand name Flovent) is a prescription corticosteroid used to prevent breathing difficulties, chest tightness, wheezing and coughing caused by respiratory disorders such as COPD. It works ...

COPD is among the leading causes of death in industrialized countries, and new pharmacological treatments are being developed to help patients with this disease. But a spectrum of non-pharmacological ...

There is no need to do any special preparation for this test. However, if you are on oxygen therapy, oxygen values must be constant for 20 minutes before the test. If you are taking medication to make ...

The active substance delivered by INOpulse is inhaled nitric oxide (iNO). NO is naturally produced by the lining of blood vessels as a vasodilator, a compound that acts to relax the smooth muscle ...

Novartis’ Ultibro Breezhaler provided noteworthy improvements in cardiac and lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients with lung hyperinflation (overinflated lungs) when ...

Although there is no cure for COPD yet, there are several approved treatments that can help manage the disease and ease symptoms. Learn more about some of the specific therapies used to treat this ...

A new double-combination therapy that promotes lung expansion and airway clearance has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of people with lung diseases ...

Pneumonia is an infection that can occur in one or both lungs. It can be caused by bacteria or viruses and in rare cases, certain fungi which are transferred by touch or by breathing droplets in the ...