Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease News

LANCASTER - It's been five years since Terrie Dean has been able to live a normal life.

A spokesman for country star Ferlin Husky says the singer has been hospitalized in Tennessee.

The New Brunswick Lung Association is deeply disappointed with Air Canada's decision to allow pets in airplane cabins.

Yesterday MPs debated the discrimination that people with a lung condition can experience when they travel on planes.

Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- commonly known as COPD -- is most often caused by a lifetime of smoking.

Shares of Vectura Group plc rose 8.5 percent on the London stock exchange Monday after the Chippenham, UK-based firm and its partner, Sosei Group Corp., of Tokyo, said Novartis AG had initiated a Phase III study of NVA237, a dry powder formulation of the muscarinic antagonist glycopyrronium bromide, as an inhalational treatment for chronic ...

Clinical trials can be vexing, just ask anyone associated with Osiris Therapeutics, a leading stem cell therapeutic company.

Stem Cell Research for COPD and Emphysema Dr. Roberto Fernandez Vina will present his stem cell study on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Emphysema next week at the International Society for Stem Cell Research annual meeting in Barcelona, Spain.

Sydney, June 29 : Consuming soy milk and tofu could cut down the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .

There could be a killer lurking in your home. And, possibly, you're blissfully unaware of it.

People who eat lots of soy products have better lung function and are less likely to develop the smoking-associated lung disease COPD .

Still Positive on Osiris By: Jason Napodano, CFA 0 ) OSIR Share On June 23, 2009, Osiris Therapeutics announced interim results from a phase II trial testing Prochymal as a treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .

Therapeutics, Inc. announced six-month interim data from a Phase II clinical trial evaluating Prochymal, the Company's proprietary formulation of adult mesenchymal stem cells, for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .

If you are young and you smoke, here's another reason to quit. Smoking is the most common cause of COPD, a respiratory disease that could leave you breathless later in life.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, and a number of other pulmonary disorders make it difficult for the sufferers to cough out built up mucus.

WALTHAM, Mass. , June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that a 28 percent increase in the diagnosed prevalent population will drive growth in the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease drug market in , France , Germany , Italy , Spain , the ...

When John May was a child he contracted pneumonia. He recovered and went on to live a normal life -- he learned to play trombone, ran on the track team, served in the Army, worked his way up to vice president in the banking business and enjoyed tending to a large garden at home.

Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch : Osteoarthritis of the Hip This study is being conducted across the United States for people with osteoarthritis of the hip.

SUDDENLY finding your-self unable to catch your breath must be a frightening experience.