School of Nursing researchers have identified a new benefit of mindfulness for people managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a condition commonly known as COPD. The study, “Associations ...

COPD breathlessness action plans may help patients manage episodes, reduce anxiety, and avoid emergency care. Read more.

Increased breathlessness was most strongly associated with obesity (aOR, 7.6), stress (aOR, 6.7), heart failure (aOR, 6.1), and chronic bronchitis (aOR, 4.2). Breathlessness in middle-aged adults is ...

It’s common to feel breathless after climbing a flight of stairs, this is a normal reflex as your body works harder during physical activity. When you’re active, your heart and lungs increase their ...

Can you hold your breath until you’re almost bursting to take another breath in? This urgent feeling that you need to get more air is called “air hunger”. You may feel this sensation when you exercise ...

The BETTER-B clinical trial found that patients with COPD and ILDs using mirtazapine for breathlessness vs placebo had slightly increased adverse events and care use. Among patients with chronic ...

Morphine failed to improve chronic breathlessness from cardiorespiratory conditions in one randomized trial, but online group singing exercises did boost quality of life in another. In the MABEL trial ...