If you’ve been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, you probably have shortness of breath during physical exertion. Regular exercise may seem intimidating, but it’s actually ...

If you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), exercise helps your lungs get stronger and work better, according to the American Lung Association (ALA). But can it reverse the effects of ...

A 12-month, home-based exercise program improved exercise capacity and patient-perceived fitness in adults with COPD but did not affect dyspnea, according to new data published in Chest. “Home-based ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exercising one leg at a time can improve aerobic capacity more than two-legged exercise in patients who have stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according ...

Pulmonary rehabilitation involves following an individualized treatment plan that may include physical exercise, breathing techniques, nutritional education, and counseling. Chronic obstructive ...

Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) delivered using a ventilator and a full-face mask during exercise reduced dynamic hyperinflation (DH) and improved exercise duration compared with no NIV in patients with ...

ASHLAND, Ky. — UK King’s Daughters announced the certification of its pulmonary rehabilitation program by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. This certification is ...

When you have a lung condition like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, performing daily activities such as walking or climbing stairs can be challenging. Following a pulmonary ...

In 1846, London surgeon John Hutchinson invented the spirometer — a thing a doctor normally asks asthma sufferers to blow hard into — to measure the volume of air inspired and expired by the lungs. It ...