Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Severe depression heightened a patient’s likelihood for cough, wheezing, exertional dyspnea, asthma and COPD. As ...

When you think about diseases that affect the lungs, like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), there are likely some ...

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are chronic respiratory diseases that cause breathing difficulty and coughing. Both conditions share similar symptoms. Understanding their ...

Pregnancy already asks a lot of the body and when shortness of breath, wheezing or chronic cough is added to the mix, things ...

Drinking warm liquids, inhaling moist air, and avoiding smoke are just some home remedies that may help reduce wheezing. Wheezing refers to a high pitched whistling sound that happens when you breathe ...

Adventitious breath sounds are abnormal sounds resulting from unusual airflow through the lungs. They can be due to conditions, such as asthma or bronchitis. Anything that changes the normal airflow ...

Some people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) need to use multiple inhaled medicines each day to control their symptoms. Long-acting combination inhalers that contain more than one ...

COPD symptoms vary depending on the amount of lung damage that has occurred due to inhaled substances, most commonly smoking. Symptoms are usually slow to develop and often don’t appear until there’s ...

Many children with recurrent wheezing issues would be better treated with antiviral medications instead of steroids, researchers at the University of Virginia found. Higher doses of corticosteroids ...

A shock survey by charity Asthma + Lung UK reveals that more than 90% of people with COPD are receiving inadequate care ...