We’ve all felt winded when taking the stairs or dealt with a cough from time to time. But if these issues linger, they could be early signs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). If you have ...

If you start to experience symptoms like chest pain, blue lips, or coughing up more than a teaspoon of blood, you should see ...

"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 ...

As a cold ends, a severe mucus cough starts. Sound familiar? Two studies now give explanations: First, crucial mechanisms of the mucus in both diseased and healthy airways; second, what happens in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A cough score was used to determine severity and featured questions from three validated assessments. Poorer ...

Frequent productive cough was experienced by patients with asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), with symptom prevalence increasing with higher disease severity, according to the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is a disconnect between cough scientists and the FDA in what represents a meaningful outcome for chronic ...

The combined impact of respiratory illness such as COPD, asthma, chronic cough and pneumonia on individuals and health systems is staggering. COPD alone affects more than 15 million people and costs ...