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A study recently published in the journal Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity reviewed the link between reactive oxygen species (ROS), stem cell aging and lung disorders like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The study is titled “Reactive Oxygen Species in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Aging:…

Boehringer Ingelheim recently announced the completion of the phase IIIb OTEMTO® 1 & 2 trials for their pipeline drug STIOLTO RESPIMAT, and have published the study data online in the Respiratory Medicine journal.  The new data reveals that the drug has the potential to improve clinical outcomes in patients with…

Care co-ordination among patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) is one of the most important goals in maintaining patient health as far as primary care is concerned. COPD is the third leading cause of death in the United States, with an overall economic burden of approximately $50 billion, most…

In a report published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of experts from the Johns Hopkins University Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil demonstrate their…

Cipla, an Indian multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, recently presented a new respiratory inhaler called Synchrobreathe (SB) at the South Africa Thoracic Society (SATS) Annual Conference that took place in Cape Town, South Africa between the 7h and the 10th of August. The company will soon launch the innovative inhaler,…

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center in Israel recently published in the journal CHEST the finding that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who were hospitalized due to exacerbations related to the disease and who did not attend…

Six months after the death of the actor, director, singer, author and photographer Leonard Nimoy, his granddaughter is donating the profits of the store founded by her and her grandfather to support research on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Nimoy, who became best known for playing the role of Spock in…

In a recent study published in the journal CHEST, a team of researchers from Israel found that the risk for hospital readmission is nearly three times higher following a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation if a follow-up visit to a pulmonologist is skipped. The high frequency…

A study conducted by an international team of researchers recently published in the journal Respiratory Research that the combined therapy based on aclidinium bromide and formoterol fumarate is an effective treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease symptoms and exacerbations in patients with moderate to severe disease. The…

Health Union recently conducted a nationwide survey of patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and found many of these individuals did not have adequate knowledge of their condition’s risk factors and diagnosis. This surprising result was linked to significant effects on patients’ quality of life, employment, and ability to…