Background Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is the cornerstone of non-pharmacological treatment for chronic obstructive ...

Macrolide therapy is an established and effective treatment for selected patients with chronic obstructive airways diseases ...

An 81-year-old woman with a history of diabetes mellitus and angina underwent chest CT after an abnormal chest radiograph ...

A 71-year-old man was admitted with presumed pneumonia. He was previously independent, had never smoked and had no history of ...

Background Emerging evidence suggests that lung function decline may be linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD), but this has ...

The ‘atopic march’ describes a familiar sequence in which atopic dermatitis and food allergy in early childhood are followed ...

Small-molecule oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are increasingly used for treatment of digestive and rheumatic inflammatory ...

Background We performed an analysis of UK respiratory disease epidemiology covering 2004–2012. Findings pertaining to COPD are presented here. Methods Prevalence and incidence rates were estimated ...

2 Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, London, UK 3 Department of Psychology, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK 4 Pharmacia Consumer Healthcare, Medical Affairs, Helsingborg, ...

Background Previous studies have reported an association between warm temperature and asthma hospitalisation. They have reported different sex-related and age-related vulnerabilities; nevertheless, ...

Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a severe lung disease characterised by extensive pathological changes. The objective for this study was to identify the gene network and regulators ...

Correspondence to Dr Sonia Wing Mei Cheng, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Susan Wakil Health Building, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2050, Australia ...