Because people don’t expect to get lung cancer without a smoking history, symptoms are often ignored or misdiagnosed as ...

Discerning the most common causes of chronic cough is valuable information for the primary care physicians both to direct empiric therapy and to guide referrals efficiently. [7, 9, 10] In this ...

She also battled a persistent cough that never seemed to go away. Her sister Allison experienced similar ... This finding prompted their primary care physician to order tests for cystic fibrosis (CF), ...

Last year, following an outbreak the state had not seen in years, Kentucky ultimately reported 543 cases of whopping cough.

Nothing out there is going to solve the root cause, but fortunately, there are ways to reduce the severity of the cough and speed up the recovery process, said Dr. Lauren E. Eggert, a ...

Acid reflux may cause a persistent itchy or sore throat, especially after you eat certain foods. Other symptoms of GERD include heartburn, a sour taste in the mouth, and chronic coughing.

Furthermore, cough as an isolated symptom has also been shown in adults to significantly impact on adult QOL. [2, 5, 6] We have recently published a PC-QOL survey for children with chronic cough ...

RELATED: Acid Reflux Your persistent cough may have nothing to do with your recent sickness. If anything, it may be an indication of acid reflux. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is ...

Background: Previous studies on the relationship of chronic bronchitis to incident airflow limitation and all-cause mortality have provided conflicting results, with positive findings reported mainly ...

A review of that research published in 2011 concluded that exposure to dampness and mold is associated with exacerbations of asthma, coughing, wheezing and upper respiratory symptoms, but it did not ...