Pneumonia in the elderly can quickly become serious and deadly. On World Pneumonia Day, know the symptoms of this infection ...

Chronic bronchitis is a common disease in elderly patients. Acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis (AECB) is a common feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Antibiotic therapy based ...

Objectives Chronic cough is linked to various long-standing risk factors like asthma, chronic rhinitis and oesophageal reflux disease. On the contrary, acute and subacute cough are usually considered ...

Introduction and objectives In the past, some respiratory centres reported success rates of 98% when treating chronic cough based on identifying and treating underlying conditions such as asthma, ...

But recent research points to a new avenue to explore – it found chronic coughs could be hereditary. The type of cough seems to be important too. Parents were found to often pass on the same cough to ...

Cough is an important protective reflex enabling us to clear secretions aspirated into the airway. We understand many of the causes of acute and chronic cough in children, but for some children cough ...

The following is a summary of “Efficacy and safety of gefapixant in women with chronic cough and cough-induced stress urinary incontinence: a phase 3b, randomised, multicentre, double-blind, ...