New studies address urgent need for early COPD diagnosis

New approaches to COPD diagnosis are being developed that can identify the disease not only earlier, but more cheaply as well, according to dramatic studies presented November 6 and 7 at the 2^nd World Conference of COPD Patient Organizations in Shanghai, China (Figure 1). The conference, organized by the International COPD Coalition, brought together representatives of COPD patient groups throughout the world around the theme “Improve COPD Patients’ Lives.”