Long-term smokers often have a chronic cough. They may get used to it, and perhaps also to being winded after climbing stairs ...

Coughing is a reflex that typically serves as a defense mechanism to clear the airways of irritants or secretions. (Fun fact: Coughs can propel air and particles out of the lungs and throat at speeds ...

Persistent cough and fever might be your body giving you signals that there’s something seriously wrong with it. It could be a warning bell. Though a cough and fever may sound like simple seasonal ...

The term smoker's cough often suggests mere hoarseness and a scratchy throat. This also refers to a persistent tickle and irritation inside one's lungs. However, doctors caution that such a chronic ...

A two-part Series in this week's Lancet explores the extremely common chronic cough. Both papers are authored by Professor Kian Fan Chung, Airway Disease Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors are more likely to prescribe antibiotics to treat cough in patients who smoke, but smokers get no more benefit from the drugs than non-smokers do, a large study ...

A single cough might seem harmless, but it can often tell a deeper story about your health. Whether it’s a dry tickle that lingers or a chesty hack that won’t quit, one cough can signal anything from ...

A study of the Austrian general population found that most chronic cough cases could be assigned a phenotype through a simple survey-based assessment that could help target treatment to individual ...

Lung Cancer Awareness Month highlights that this disease isn't just for smokers; pollution and genetics also play a role. Early symptoms like a persistent cough are often dismissed, but early ...