Articles
Focus on Bronchiectasis
Description Bronchiectasis is a condition where the bronchial tubes of your lungs are permanently damaged, widened, enlarged and thickened. These damaged air passages allow bacteria and mucus to build up in your lungs. This results in frequen...
Focus on Cardiomyopathy
Description Cardiomyopathy is a condition where the heart muscle is abnormal. The main types of cardiomyopathy include dilated, hypertrophic and restrictive cardiomyopathy. Cardiomyopathy makes it harder for your heart to pump and deliver blood...
Focus on Cardiac Dysrhythmia 2025
Description Heart rhythm problems occur when the electrical impulses that coordinate your heartbeat do not work properly, causing your heart to beat too fast, too slow or irregularly. Heart arrhythmias may feel like a fluttering or racing h...
Focus on Cardiac Failure
Description Heart failure, sometimes known as congestive heart failure, occurs when your heart muscle doesn't pump blood as well as it should. Certain conditions, such as narrowed arteries in your heart (coronary artery disease) or high blood p...
Focus on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Description COPD is a lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. It is caused by damage to the lungs over many years and is a progressive disease that gets worse over time. It includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. COPD is a condition ...