"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 ...

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Q: I have developed an episodic but chronic cough. My wife thought it could be due to my acid reflux. Is that a real thing? A: We cough to protect our airway or because something irritates the airway.

Have a cough that won’t seem to go away? Has it lasted longer than eight weeks? You should go to your doctor. Any cough lasting more than eight weeks is considered chronic and is not likely to go away ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chronic cough is among the most common reasons for seeking medical care, with middle-aged women the group most affected. New studies also show that this condition appears to be a hereditary phenomenon ...

Winston-Salem, NC -- Smoking or an upper respiratory infection can lead to what doctors call a chronic cough.Dr. Rodolfo Pascual, a pulmonologist at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center says, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Chronic cough is common among adults living in Austria and is highly prevalent among older individuals, ...

Physicians should evaluate female patients complaining of chronic cough for psychological conditions when determining course of treatment as the two may be related, investigators concluded. Persistent ...

Non-obstructive chronic bronchitis (CB) is associated with an increased risk of mortality, but only in ever-smokers, not in those who never smoked, the first systematic review and meta-analysis of its ...

You might not realise it, but some of your everyday routines are keeping that winter cough stubbornly hanging around.