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Chennamsetti Nagalakshmi (67), a resident of Gummadidala, died of lung disease on February 5 last year, days before her 49th marriage anniversary.

While there is a connection between periodontitis and the progression of COPD, the precise impact on the immune system remains unclear.

In a groundbreaking study encompassing almost 20,000 patients across 31 countries, it has been established for the first time that the color of phlegm, also known as sputum, holds clinically significant information that can offer insights into prognoses.

Sydney: Researchers have identified two enzymes that play a role in increasing people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) risk of developing severe Covid-19. An inflammatory lung condition, COPD causes airway blockage and makes it difficult to breathe. It affects around 400 million people globally. Researchers from the Centenary Institute and the University of Technology […]

The deadliest time in a viral respiratory illness sometimes is actually after the virus is cleared from the body.

The study was published in Arthritis Care and Research, and investigated by a Michigan Medicine researcher, who found a novel adipokine, known as CTRP9

Now experts in Germany and Cyprus say they have estimated the proportion of deaths from coronavirus that can be blamed of the exacerbating effects of air pollution.