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The 2024 COPD GOLD Report: A Guideline Topline, Part 1
Updates in the Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease report include using spirometry values in diagnosis and optimizing inhaled pharmacotherapy.
The 2024 Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) report provides several updates in the diagnosis and management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) after the major revisions made in 2023.
Above is part 1 of our GOLD Report guideline topline slideshow, which summarizes the updates for a quick, at-a-glance review. Click through these topline notes on best practices in use of spirometry for diagnosis of COPD, confirming spirometry results, and the GOLD grades for COPD severity based on measured airflow obstruction.
FDA Proposed Rule Would Limit Nicotine Content in Cigarettes, Cigars, Other Combusted Products
January 16th 2025The agency estimates that limiting nicotine levels could lead to 1.8 million fewer tobacco-related deaths by 2060 and health care savings of $1.1 trillion a year over the next 40 years.
