Healio

2023 GOLD report reflects COPD field that is ‘improving on a trajectory for the better’

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The 2023 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease report defines several changes regarding ...
Healio

COPD survey reveals daily life impacts, patient-provider communication gaps

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The PatientInsights 28-question survey from Phreesia was offered to patients with COPD in January 2025. Patients ...
Medical Dialogues

CAT-Based Definition Better Predicts COPD Mortality Risk, reports research

Researchers have indicated in a new study that a COPD Assessment Test-based definition of chronic bronchitis (CAT-CB) is more ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Dr Fernando Martinez Explains 2023 GOLD Guideline Updates for COPD

In this interview, Fernando Martinez, MD, MS, chief of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, discusses the 2023 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive ...
Medscape

Newly Approved Mepolizumab Mitigates COPD Exacerbations

Adding mepolizumab to inhaled triple therapy significantly improved exacerbation outcomes compared with placebo in adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), based on data from the ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Study: Decreased BMI Increases Severe Exacerbation, All-Cause Mortality Risk in Patients With COPD

Decreased body mass index (BMI) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was linked to a higher risk of severe exacerbations and all-cause mortality, emphasizing the importance of ...