"Oh, that's just from smoking." It's easy to dismiss a chronic cough as another problem with cigarettes. But what if it's a sign of the lung disease COPD? Franziska Gabbert/dpa Long-term smokers often ...

This study has demonstrated that asymptomatic current cigarette smokers have a significantly diminished cough reflex relative to that of healthy nonsmokers. The inhibition of cough sensitivity due to ...

World COPD Day 2025 Generally it is believed that COPD is a smoker’s cough but a pulmonologist explains how it is more than ...

Public Health England (PHE) said many smokers are still unaware of the health risks related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The UK's health agency reminds smokers that smoker's cough ...

Lung diseases are a major global health concern. Many conditions begin silently with subtle signs. Early detection of symptoms like breathlessness, persistent cough, and fatigue is vital. This allows ...

Rich Popp interrupted our conversation so he could cough, again. “Sorry about that,” he said, reaching for a bottle of water. About 18 hours earlier, the 51-year-old Valparaiso grandfather reached for ...

From the moment Mimi Shea was born in August 2004 at Inova Alexandria Hospital, she had had trouble breathing. Delivered by Caesarean section, she was whisked to the neonatal intensive care unit ...

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