Expert pulmonologists share essential guidelines on distinguishing normal coughs from dangerous ones, plus effective home ...

Alternative for treatment failure: parenteral therapy (home or hospital); sputum culture-based or adjusted therapy; consider referral to specialist Group III (suppurative CB) First-line oral ...

The relationship between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic bronchitis (CB) is important, significant and overlapping in nature. This review will analyze the relationship ...

You likely know that cigarette smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, but cigarette use poses other threats to your ...

A Heywood Hospital doctor advises greater Gardner residents on how to protect themselves against a quademic of respiratory ...

Like a three-pack-a-day smoker who blames their chronic cough on allergies, or a recent flu shot — everything but their ...

Most Americans have developed some level of protection against severe disease from previous COVID-19 infections, vaccinations ...

Coughing is one of the body's defense mechanisms of getting rid of phlegm, mucus, sputum, postnasal drip, or a foreign body.

When it comes to the correct way to breathe, it doesn’t matter whether you breathe through your nose or your mouth. Where you ...

As crews continue to make progress on the Eaton and Palisades Fires, there are concerns of what repeated exposure to smoke can do to our lungs.

If you’ve heard the telltale cough and seen an infant gasp for breath, it’s easy to understand why a pertussis outbreak ...

The best defense against pertussis is vaccination. The DTaP vaccine and the Tdap booster provide effective protection, reducing the risk of severe illness and limiting the spread. Parents should ...