I’M Dr Suraj Kukadia, known as Dr Sooj, an NHS GP who has seen how life-changing COPD can be. As the colder months set in, I ...

A shock survey by charity Asthma + Lung UK reveals that more than 90% of people with COPD are receiving inadequate care ...

UK: 11 November 2025: Patients in the UK will be able to access cutting-edge testing for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) - the UK’s sixth biggest killer - as the NHS rolls out faster, ...

Hospitals are at risk of becoming “overwhelmed” due to a significant rise in people needing urgent help with lung conditions, a charity has warned. Asthma and Lung UK said that over the last two years ...

In 1846, London surgeon John Hutchinson invented the spirometer — a thing a doctor normally asks asthma sufferers to blow hard into — to measure the volume of air inspired and expired by the lungs. It ...

People with a specific types of coughs are being urged to see their GP as 600,000 people in the UK are believed to be suffering from COPD without a diagnosis. COPD stands for chronic obstructive ...

Plus, what usually causes a cough and when you should worry about it IF you don’t currently have a cough, it’s likely you know someone who currently has a cough. It’s officially cold and flu season, ...

Festive triggers like trees, certain food and drinks and even gifts could land you in hospital this Christmas, warns Asthma + Lung UK ...