Study: Many seniors with asthma, COPD still smoke

More than 40 percent of older adults who experience difficulty breathing because of asthma or COPD continue to smoke, despite the negative effects that smoking has on their health, according to a recent study.
Led by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the research involved data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Survey over a five-year period. Researchers found that 46.2 percent of adults aged 40 to 79 with lung obstruction currently smoke cigarettes.....

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OSA Risk Nearly 40% Greater in Asthma Patients, Reports Study

(HealthDay News) — Adults with asthma face an increased risk for developing obstructive sleep apnea, new research reveals. The findings have been published in the January 13 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association.....

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New study suggests asthma, sleep apnea linked

Researchers studied a group of adults and found that people with asthma were about 40 percent more likely to develop sleep apnea than those without asthma.
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