Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) causes inflammation of the bronchial tubes and hence, the treatment approach is aimed at improving the symptoms of COPD and slowing down the inflammation.

Panelists discuss how airway clearance devices and techniques, including chest physical therapy, active cycle breathing, exercise, hypertonic saline, and oscillatory positive expiratory pressure ...

An 84-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease also showed signs of losing her fine motor skills. As described by Ambreen Fatima, MPT, of Galgotias University in Uttar Pradesh, India, and colleagues in ...

Expert Rev Resp Med. 2013;7(6):673-685. The Australian survey by Osadnik and colleagues highlighted disparities between the evidence supporting the use of ACTs in clinical practice and clinicians' ...

Video game therapy was found to have a minor impact on postural balance in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS); however, more research is needed to determine whether it should be recommended in ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a recessive genetic disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). CFTR regulates ion transport across the lung epithelia, ...

IN TREATING patients with suppurative lung abscess the practitioner is often confused by the conflicting views expressed in current medical literature. Should such cases be treated surgically from the ...