Oscillometry offers a promising alternative to spirometry for diagnosing asthma and COPD in primary care. Study highlights key differences between aging-related airway changes and COPD pathology. Survey results suggest that patients and clinicians use different language to describe COPD exacerbations. M. Bradley Drummond, MD, discusses how new inhaler technologies can detect early warning signs of COPD exacerbations. The EzPAP PEP device was as effective as NIV for managing acute exacerbations of COPD in the emergency department. Senotherapeutics may offer a targeted treatment approach to cellular senescence in COPD. Better patient-clinician communication is needed to improve care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The triple overlap of COPD, severe obesity, and high risk for obstructive sleep apnea doubled over 15 years. A new national survey highlights persistent symptom burden and communication gaps in COPD care and what clinicians can do. Long-term anticholinergic use may speed mobility decline in community-dwelling older adults. Pharmacists embedded within primary care or specialty clinics can assist patients and their caregivers in teaching proper ... Anxiety and depressive symptoms, although common in patients with COPD, are not frequently assessed, identified, and treated ... Since many people with COPD avoid going to the ED due to factors like time spent waiting to be seen, it’s important to ... Research has shown that COPD is a disease with extra-pulmonary and systemic manifestations, including prominent muscle… Previous studies have established that patients aged 65 and older with COPD are at elevated risk for influenza-associated… “Although we know that COPD largely arises from smoking-induced airway inflammation, we do not fully understand the…