chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Three-quarters of COPD cases are linked to childhood risk factors

Three-quarters of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) cases have their origins in poor lung function pathways beginning in

Lung diseases caused by smoking, pollution killed 3.6 million in 2015

The two most common chronic lung diseases claimed 3.6 million lives worldwide in 2015, a tally in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine says.