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1. Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Breathing easier with COPD

   COPD is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. The main cause of COPD in developed countries is tobacco smoking. In ...

2. COPD Takes the Breath Away; Treatment Can Prevent Worsening - Mayo Clinic News Network

   COPD refers to a group of lung diseases that limit airflow during exhalations, making it increasingly difficult to breathe out. COPD includes chronic bronchitis ...

3. Mayo Clinic Radio: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

   COPD is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. Symptoms include breathing difficulty, cough, mucus production and ...

4. New COPD guidelines from international panel provide updated recommendations

   ROCHESTER, Minn. — For many people, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a distressing and recurrent illness that affects breathing ability and ...

5. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Self-care steps and treatment can relieve COPD symptoms

   ... chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He's in his early 70s and has smoked for many years. How is COPD treated? Are there things he can do at home ...

6. Quit smoking, prevent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Mayo Clinic News Network

   ... chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. And COPD is the third ...

7. Emphysema - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

   Often caused by smoking, this lung disease causes problems with breathing that worsen over time. It's one type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

8. TUESDAY Q & A: Healthy lifestyle choices, timely medical care important in treating COPD - Mayo Clinic News Network

   There are definitely steps you can take that may keep chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), from getting worse. Healthy lifestyle choices, timely ...

9. In the Loop: New hope for patients with COPD - Mayo Clinic News Network

   Wayne Peterson hadn't been able to breathe easily for years, and time was running out. In 2003, he was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

10. Asthma and COPD May Require Multiple Treatments - Mayo Clinic News Network

    Spiriva is approved for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Advair is approved for both asthma and COPD. For people with moderate to ...