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New COPD criteria using CT, symptoms may reshape diagnosis

Researchers have developed a new COPD diagnostic framework that uses chest CT imaging and symptom assessment alongside traditional lung function tests, identifying at-risk patients missed by ...

Phone-based education improves inhaler use in people with COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, affects more than 30 million ...
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New COPD criteria using CT and symptoms improve detection

A new diagnostic schema for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that incorporates chest CT imaging and symptom assessments has been shown to better identify patients at risk of poor ...
Healio

FDA approves Breztri triple therapy inhaler for adolescents, adults with asthma

The FDA approved Breztri Aerosphere, a single-inhaler triple therapy, as a maintenance treatment for patients aged at least ...
Fierce Pharma

AZ's Breztri nabs FDA asthma nod, adding fuel to blockbuster launch

After breaking through the blockbuster sales threshold in 2025, AstraZeneca’s three-in-one inhaler Breztri Aerosphere has ...
Healio

Q&A: Importance of geographic patterns, neighborhood factors in COPD acute care use

Across a county in Texas, geographic patterning of census tract-level rates of COPD-related ED visits and hospitalizations ...