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

Breathing is something we typically take for granted, until it’s a struggle to do so. When your lungs are clogged with thick, ...

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.

When no cause can be identified, it’s known as an unexplained chronic cough. In the past, an unexplained cough may have been diagnosed as a “psychogenic” or “habit” cough, a term which ...

That’s probably because there are many causes of chronic cough, and gabapentin is effective only for that one, specific, unusual case.

Dear Dr. Roach: Ten to 15 years ago, I had to constantly clear my throat and it was driving me and everybody around me nuts. You had written a column about chronic throat-clearing. In the article ...

For those with chronic cough, prompt diagnostic measures, including chest X-rays and lung function tests, are crucial to identifying and addressing the underlying issue. Interestingly, approximately ...

Pulmonologist Dr. Sean Duffy says any cough lasting more than 8 weeks is considered chronic and deserves a look by a doctor. Many are benign, such as post-virus coughs, which can last several months.