Bronchiectasis is a chronic condition of the respiratory system, in which there is abnormal widening of the airways due to an initial damaging factor. This in turn reduces the ability of the bronchi ...

Dear Doctor: I am 72 years old and have bronchiectasis, which I understand is a form of COPD. Can you give me some more information about it? I’ve never been in a smoking environment, but I was raised ...

Most often secondary to childhood infection, bronchiectasis is irreversible. But there are steps you can take to improve your patients’ quality of life. Bronchiectasis, which is characterized by ...

BRONCHIECTASIS is protean in its expressions as it is sometimes obscure in its origin. The clinical picture varies in individual patients, but common to the severer cases is a history of harassing, ...

How finally accepting her diagnosis and being proactive with her health helped one woman manage her lung condition.

Researchers in China investigated the prevalence of bronchiectasis in different phenotypes of subjects with COPD and the correlation between bronchiectasis and different phenotypes, especially ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A cough can be a mild irritant or a signal of something more serious, especially when it stretches for weeks on end. When you have a cough that lasts for some time it is ...

For the first time, people with bronchiectasis will have a treatment option. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Insmed's daily pill brensocatib, which will be sold under the ...

Insmed Incorporated (Nasdaq: INSM), a people-first global biopharmaceutical company striving to deliver first- and ...

Bronchiectasis may affect anyone of any age, but most commonly the middle-aged segment. Unfortunately, the damage done to the lungs by bronchiectasis is permanent. The bronchi are small tubes in the ...