Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research

SEP 4, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Obesity exacerbates allergic airway inflammation and impairs lung function in Brown Norway rats

Scientific Reports

An uncontrolled animal model study demonstrating mechanistic features of obesity-asthma interaction; descriptive findings in a single species without human validation or clinical outcome data.

SEP 2, 2026 · REVIEW

Pulmonary sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a narrative review of long-term functional, radiological, and clinical outcomes in COVID-19 survivors, with a regional focus on Saudi Arabia

Frontiers in Physiology

A narrative review synthesizing current evidence on long-term pulmonary sequelae of COVID-19, identifying reduced DLCO as the most prevalent finding and calling for standardized research and rehabilitation approaches.

AUG 18, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Clinical significance of inhaled COPD therapy in advanced or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer in the immune checkpoint inhibitor era: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

Scientific Reports

Retrospective cohort study showing that inhaled COPD therapy associates with longer overall survival in advanced NSCLC, but the effect is confounded by ICI use and disappears in ICI-treated patients, confirming that ICI is the dominant prognostic factor.

AUG 14, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Demographic time bomb in COPD (1990–2050)

Medicine

A descriptive epidemiological analysis and modelling study synthesizing historical Global Burden of Disease data with Bayesian projections to 2050; no intervention trial, no novel mechanism, and projections rest on model assumptions not validated against future outcomes.

AUG 13, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Metabolic syndrome in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: paradoxical relationships between systemic inflammation, oxygenation, and lipid profiles with implications for one-year clinical outcomes

Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Prospective cohort study with moderate sample size (184 patients) showing MS prevalence and one-year mortality/exacerbation associations in COPD, but limited by single-centre design, lack of comparator arm, and reliance on observational follow-up rather than intervention.

JUL 12, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Intersection of Cardiology and Sleep Medicine: Impact of Sleep-Disordered Breathing on Heart Failure Outcomes

Journal of Clinical Medicine

A narrative review synthesizing evidence on sleep-disordered breathing and heart failure interactions, diagnostic approaches, and therapeutic options without presenting original data or a systematic meta-analysis.

JUL 9, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Wear-Smile: A Multidisciplinary Telemedicine-Based Smoking Cessation Program Assisted by Wearable Monitoring Devices for Persons Who Smoke—Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Healthcare

This is a registered protocol for a future RCT; no results are presented, making it a pre-trial announcement of study design and intent rather than evidence of effectiveness.