Dear Doctor: I’m 66 years old, and I seem to be of an age at which the people I know are being diagnosed with COPD. I’ve heard it mentioned in TV ads, but I still don’t really understand what it is. Who gets COPD? Is there a cure?
Dear Reader: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, commonly referred to as COPD, is the name for a group of lung diseases in which it becomes difficult to breathe. It is…
