Why do some non-smokers get COPD while many heavy smokers don’t?

Published: 9 June 2020

Smoking is the best-known risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a debilitating lung condition that can severely limit a person’s day-to-day activities. But curiously, only a...

Unusual lung structures may raise risk of pulmonary disease

Published: 6 February 2018

The internal anatomy of our lungs is surprisingly variable, and some of those variations are associated with a greater risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new study led by...

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