NICE has estimated that around 40% of people with COPD have elevated blood levels of eosinophils and, if half the eligible ...
NICE has approved the first targeted treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), offering a new option to up ...
A biologic injection that reduces chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) flare-ups by around a third has been approved for use on the NHS in England and Wales. The National Institute for Health ...
NICE has recommended dupilumab for adults with uncontrolled COPD and raised eosinophils, citing fewer exacerbations and ...
This article is developed and funded by Chiesi Ltd. Dr Sooj has been paid an honorarium for his author contribution. Views are the author’s own and do not represent the NHS. I’M Dr Suraj Kukadia, ...
However, experts believe a new saliva test could help predict future flare-ups of chronic lung disease, allowing earlier treatment that could save lives - according to new research presented at the ...
In 1846, London surgeon John Hutchinson invented the spirometer — a thing a doctor normally asks asthma sufferers to blow hard into — to measure the volume of air inspired and expired by the lungs. It ...
UK ex-servicewomen are significantly more likely to experience health conditions such as COPD, osteoarthritis and obesity than civilian women, according to a comprehensive new research report ...