The original Medical Research Council (MRC) dyspnoea scale was developed by the British MRC in the 1950s, and it was first formally published in 1961 in a study on chronic bronchitis.1 It was designed ...

Among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and severe chronic breathlessness, short-term daily treatment with low doses of extended-release morphine did not significantly reduce ...

Morphine failed to improve chronic breathlessness from cardiorespiratory conditions in one randomized trial, but online group singing exercises did boost quality of life in another. In the MABEL trial ...

Introduction Dyspnoea is an existentially burdensome symptom in patients with advanced and progressive diseases such as cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and advanced heart failure.