These men and women are fighting a common enemy: COPD – Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Their lungs don't work normally…every breath taken can be a struggle. What do they believe to be ...

Director David Lynch revealed that he needed a supply of oxygen and could only walk short distances after being diagnosed with emphysema months before his death. Speaking to Sight & Sound magazine ...

Emphysema develops when the alveoli, which are the air sacs in the lungs used to transfer oxygen through to the blood stream, loose their elasticity and therefore shape. This reduces the amount of ...

Given that not all smokers develop lung disease, we propose that the perpetual inflammation seen in ever-smokers with emphysema is driven by multiple insults that include: T-cell activation to ...