Leah Witt, MD: Hello. I'm Dr Leah Witt. Welcome back to season one of the Medscape inDiscussion chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) podcast series. Today, we're talking pulmonary rehab, the ...

Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation are the foundations of lung cancer treatment. These therapies can slow or stop cancer. But they don’t address things like treatment side effects or the emotional ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation is a program that offers exercise training, breathing training, education, and counseling. It provides multiple benefits for people with COPD, including increased exercise ...

Although pulmonary rehabilitation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is linked to better survival, a large study of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare patients show it is underused, with ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation reduces the likelihood that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be readmitted to the hospital in the year after discharge by 33%, new research ...

Increasingly, pre-rehabilitation, which occurs after a lung cancer diagnosis but before surgical treatment, is understood to be an important approach in lung cancer treatment. Often called ...

Less than 10% of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who may benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation received a referral from their physician, according to a new study. However, ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation, an essential component of care for patients with chronic respiratory conditions, is difficult for millions of Americans to access, a new Yale-led study reveals. The findings, ...

UnityPoint Health – Trinity celebrated its pulmonary rehabilitation patients of the year during a special ceremony July 9.

He noted that while pulmonary rehabilitation in adults is well established, less is known about how children can benefit. "The key takeaway is that pediatric PR significantly improves how children ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation is a key component of COPD management. Credit: Lin Xiu Xiu/Shutterstock. · Hospital Management · Lin Xiu Xiu/Shutterstock. Academic medical centre Stanford Health Care has ...

"Four years ago I was diagnosed with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and it absolutely crushed me because I have been a non-smoker all of my life," said Carol Przybyla of Chicopee. "I ...