Inhaled Corticosteroids Boost Pneumonia Risk in COPD, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Study

EurekAlert! -- WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Newly published research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine finds that a popular class of anti-inflammatory inhalers significantly increases the risk of pneumonia in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

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