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 ...

The study found that cough severity and cough-related quality of life were not related to the severity of bronchial hyperresponsiveness in nonsmoking adults with cough-variant asthma. Due to its high ...

Dr. William John Cochran was diagnosed with whooping cough in April 2009. At right, Lucy Ceresi, a nurse at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, demonstrates on Therese Pramick, left, a pertussis ...

About 25 million Americans have asthma. While most people are diagnosed before age five, one in 12 is diagnosed as an adult. The peak years for the onset of asthma in adulthood are between 45 and 50, ...

Common causes of a chronic cough include postnasal drip, asthma, and acid reflux due to gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). A post-infectious cough can also be chronic after an infection goes away ...

Knowledge gaps about refractory chronic cough and its epidemiology persist among health care providers, indicating a need for ...

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - It affects millions worldwide and can appear at any age. Asthma is a chronic condition that causes inflammation in the airways, leading to coughing, wheezing, and ...

Are you an adult suffering from a long-standing cough that does not produce phlegm and stops as soon as you fall asleep? Has your cough failed to improve despite being treated with different ...

For adults, obesity may increase the risk of catching whooping cough, a new study from Australia suggests. In the study, obese adults were 50 percent more likely to become infected with whooping cough ...

Whooping cough cases are back on the rise. The respiratory illness has had surging case numbers in 2025, outpacing 2024's data only five months into 2025. The rising trend exists both in Tennessee and ...