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What's the Difference Between Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)?

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic respiratory (lung) diseases that cause breathing difficulty and coughing. Asthma affects about 28 million people in the United ...
Medscape

Dynapenia Pervasive in Seniors With Pulmonary Disorders

Restrictive and, in particular, obstructive pulmonary disorders increase the risk for dynapenia in adults aged 50 years and older. The initial sample included 4975 participants free of dynapenia at ...
Self

COPD vs. Asthma: What’s the Difference Between These Lung Conditions?COPD vs. Asthma: What’s the Difference Between These Lung Conditions?

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. A high-pitched ...
JSTOR Daily

Differences in Rates of Obstructive Lung Disease Between Africans and African Americans

Vol. 12, No. 4, Focus: Hispanic Health: How Healthy Is the Fastest Growing Population of the United States? (Autumn 2002), pp. 107-113 (7 pages) Published By: Ethnicity & Disease, Inc. Objective: The ...
The Cardiology Advisor

Post-COVID-19, Most Patients With Ongoing Pulmonary Symptoms Have Normal PFTs

Most patients with persistent pulmonary symptoms after recovering from mild to moderate COVID-19 infection have normal pulmonary PFT results.