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2. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Wikipedia

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   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. [8] GOLD 2024 defined COPD as a heterogeneous lung condition characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms (dyspnea or shortness of breath, cough, sputum production and/or exacerbations) due to abnormalities of the airways (bronchitis ...

3. Lung cancer screening - Wikipedia

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   The 2021 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines recommend annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography in adults aged 50 to 80 years who have a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years. [6]

4. Emphysema - Wikipedia

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   When associated with significant airflow limitation, emphysema is a major subtype of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a progressive lung disease characterized by long-term breathing problems and poor airflow. [10] [11] Without COPD, the finding of emphysema on a CT lung scan still confers a higher mortality risk in tobacco smokers ...

5. Screening (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   That happened because baseline differences regarding socio-economic status in the groups: 26% of the women in the control group and 53% in the study group belonged to the highest socioeconomic level. [34] Cardiovascular risk screening is a vital tool in reducing the global incidence of cardiovascular diseases. [35]

6. Merck's therapy for rare lung condition shown to help reduce ...

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   (Reuters) - Merck said on Monday its drug, Winrevair, helped significantly reduce the risk of death in patients with a rare condition which causes high blood pressure in the lungs, months after it ...

7. Lung Cancer Researcher Diagnosed with Stage 4 Disease ... - AOL

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   Life. According to Scope, 15 to 20 percent of people diagnosed with lung cancer are non-smokers. The diagnosis "is the result of a gene mutation that disproportionately affects those of Asian ...