COPD Guidelines Over-Diagnose Older Men, Under-Diagnose Younger Women
According to a recent study published in The BMJ, new guidelines to diagnose chronic lung disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD) should be modified since they under-diagnose COPD in young women and over-diagnose COPD in older men. Martin Miller and Dr. Mark Levy, authors of the article, noted that up…