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Study linking mucus plugs and COPD mortality could help save lives
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Study linking mucus plugs and COPD mortality could help save lives

by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Micrograph showing emphysema (left – large empty spaces) and lung tissue with relative preservation of the alveoli (right). Credit: Wikipedia, CC-BY-SA 3.0 A retrospective analysis of patient data from the COPDGene study suggests that targeting mucus plugs could help prevent deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—the fourth leading cause of death...