She’s a pediatrician, an asthma researcher at Harvard Medical School, and the mom of a 14-year-old who’s had asthma since she was a toddler, so Ann Chen Wu, M.D., knows how to look at asthma from ...

An asthma test may change the way doctors evaluate and treat chronic cough. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic today reported that a test called the exhaled nitric oxide test, commonly used for asthma ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most cases are benign and resolve spontaneously. The most common causes are post-infectious, asthma or ...

An international panel selected by the American College of Chest Physicians released recommendations for the noninvasive measurement of airway inflammation and management of cough due to asthma or ...

Chest tightness at two in the morning. A cough that does not quit. Blocked airways that make a simple walk to the kitchen ...

Asthma is a serious chronic condition, and it’s best managed with the help of a doctor and medications like corticosteroid and albuterol inhalers. Increasingly, however, people are searching for ...

Having a cough is a clear sign that something just isn’t right in your lungs. It can be easy to chalk it up to something like a lingering cold, your partner’s smoking habit, or another obvious culprit ...

Bronchial hyperresponsiveness may indicate the presence of cough-variant asthma in nonsmokers who have chronic cough, new research shows. This research shows that sensitivity in the bronchial tubes—a ...

Despite affecting thousands of Ugandans, asthma remains widely misunderstood. Dr Kanishka Salunkhe, a pulmonologist, breaks down the common myths that delay diagnosis, fuel fear, and ...

New findings suggest that sucrose and menthol, ingredients commonly regarded as flavorings in cough drops or syrup, each act independently to reduce coughing. Implications range from medicinal to ...