A mum-of-five who has lived with asthma since she was four months old and now battles COPD faces insults from strangers in ...

People who smoke accounts for nearly 80–90% of COPD cases, but other factors like air pollution, exposure to dust and fumes, ...

"That is a struggle," she said. "What I tend to do is I'll turn away from traffic or crowds of people and fiddle with the ...

The arrival of cold weather can exacerbate the condition, causing difficulty in breathing due to airway irritation, pollution and viral infections. In winter, a lot of patients have frequent wheeze, ...

People living with COPD are invited to participate in a new UBC Okanagan study. What if a warm footbath could reduce the blood pressure of people ...

Outdoor walks, while beneficial, carry hidden risks from air pollution, especially during early mornings and late evenings ...

Feeling breathless all day can be linked to smoking, a major cause of lung damage, COPD, and lung cancer. Cigarette smoke inflames and scars lung tissue, destroys cilia, and reduces oxygen supply.

From the day we're born, we know how to breathe correctly. That means letting the diaphragm—the large, thin muscle just below the rib cage—do the work of drawing air into the lungs and letting it out.

These days, when cold air suddenly comes, many people complain of discomfort due to shortness of breath or coughing. In ...

Billy Aitcheson and Helen Gage know all too well what it’s like to live with an incurable lung condition and how the right ...

Menopause has a wide range of symptoms and brings several health risks. Yet people worldwide know little about it and awareness and care services remain inadequate, experts warn.