Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
2024年11月6日 · Overview. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common lung disease causing restricted airflow and breathing problems. It is sometimes called emphysema …
Chronic respiratory diseases - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年11月15日 · Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) affect the airways and other structures of the lungs. Some of the most common are chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), …
Lung cancer - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年6月26日 · Lung cancer is a type of cancer that starts when abnormal cells grow in an uncontrolled way in the lungs. It is a serious health issue that can cause severe harm and …
Asthma - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年5月6日 · Asthma is a chronic lung disease affecting people of all ages. It is caused by inflammation and muscle tightening around the airways, which makes it harder to breathe. …
Smoking is the leading cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary …
2023年11月15日 · A new brief reveals that smoking remains one of the leading causes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a common lung disease that causes breathing …
WHO highlights huge scale of tobacco-related lung disease deaths
2019年5月29日 · Quitting smoking can reduce the risk of lung cancer: after 10 years of quitting smoking, risk of lung cancer falls to about half that of a smoker. Chronic respiratory disease: …
Health consequences of air pollution - World Health Organization …
2024年6月25日 · In 2019, air pollution caused about 6.7 million deaths. Of these, almost 85% are attributable to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including ischemic heart disease, stroke, …
The top 10 causes of death - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年8月7日 · Trachea, bronchus and lung cancers deaths have risen from 1.2 million in 2000 to 1.9 million in 2021 and are now ranked sixth among leading causes of death. In 2021, …
Noncommunicable diseases - World Health Organization (WHO)
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, are not passed from person to person. They are of long duration and generally slow progression. The four main …
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) - World Health Organization …
2024年6月18日 · Good NCD prevention, treatment and care can have significant co-benefits, with improvements in education, equality and the environment, with reducing poverty, and in …