Dec. 10—(StatePoint) More than 11 million people in the United States are living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including more than 3 million people with emphysema, a type of COPD.

COPD affects the lungs and their ability to regulate airflow and obstructions. According to the American Lung Association, over 138,000 Americans died from the disease in 2021. St. Vincents states ...

“Emphysema is usually a description of images — CT scan or X-ray — and is only one part of the disease of COPD,” says Uddalak Majumdar, MD, pulmonologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. COPD is ...