Increased breathlessness was most strongly associated with obesity (aOR, 7.6), stress (aOR, 6.7), heart failure (aOR, 6.1), and chronic bronchitis (aOR, 4.2). Breathlessness in middle-aged adults is ...

Chronic breathlessness not only affects patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but also their caregivers, who are mostly women, according to a recent review. Investigators from ...

Research led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme shows that over half of hospital patients with breathlessness had died within a year of admission (51% ...

Breathlessness drains at least $12B from the Australian economy every year in direct health and productivity costs, and people living with the condition are more likely to be unemployed and have ...

Fig 1. Minimum-maximum symptom prevalence (%) for patients with cancer (n = total number of patients involved in the studies for each symptom). Adapted from systematic review findings of Solano et al.

Blowing air from a fan into the face of patients with advanced cancer experiencing breathlessness, and other nonpharmacologic interventions, may offer symptom relief, according to new research ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nearly 45% of adults admitted to medical wards in Malawi had breathlessness. Conditions with high prevalences in ...