Chest radiographs of 101 patients with chronic airflow obstruction were assessed for evidence of over-inflation (increased retrosternal space, low diaphragm, and increased total lung capacity), ...

A patient who has headaches as many days as not — at least 15 days per month — is said to have chronic daily headache (CDH). Not a specific type of headache, CDH is rather a descriptive term applied ...

An individual can develop either or both types of COPD. The most common type of COPD is called chronic bronchitis, associated with extensive inflammation and scarring of the small tubes of the lungs.

Cigarette smokers can have both chronic bronchitis and limited airflow. Studies show that these people have an increased number of goblet cells and inflammatory cells in the airway. See your ...

In fact, controversies persist regarding mechanisms that determine the transition from the initial trigger to myocardial inflammation and from acute myocardial damage to chronic ventricular ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made combating chronic disease a rallying cry as he looks to overhaul the health department and “Make America Healthy Again.” ...

2015). In a 2019 study, researchers worked with people living with chronic illness to name their values and assess whether and how their behaviors aligned with these values (Lim et al., ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley and Kyle Peterson. I used to pride myself on my quick mind—before unexplained, relentless pain stole my ...

With multimorbidity—when patients live with two or more chronic conditions—continuing to put pressure on an already stretched health care system, experts say the findings highlight the need ...

Some people may not realize that frequent respiratory infections could actually be exacerbations from chronic lung disease, not just a one-off bug. Why does airflow limitation matter? It’s the reason ...

cam.ac.uk Methods Searches for appropriate studies were undertaken on PubMed using search terms fibrinogen, COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, FEV 1, cardiovascular disease, exacerbation and ...

Figure 1. Pathophysiology of chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) formation and the rationale for middle meningeal artery (MMA) embolization. CSF indicates cerebrospinal fluid. Brain computed tomography ...