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Pope Francis was in critical condition Monday after suffering double pneumonia, but he was battling bronchitis before that.

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David Mannino, MD, a pulmonologist in Lexington, KY, and the medical director and co-founder of the COPD Foundation, agrees that too many people with lung disease remain in the dark after diagnosis.