For more than a decade Bethan has been living with a chronic refractory cough, the medical term for a condition with no obvious cause. It's a common complaint thought to affect one in ten of the ...

Expert pulmonologists share essential guidelines on distinguishing normal coughs from dangerous ones, plus effective home ...

A lot of different things can cause a cough. But coughs are usually broken down into two main categories: acute and chronic. Acute coughs are ones that come on suddenly, usually due to an illness.

Two trials of a new drug have shown that at low doses, it can ease the often distressing symptoms of chronic cough with minimal side effects. Principle researcher Jacky Smith, a Professor of ...

A woman who has had a chronic cough for 30 years said it has been like dealing with “an alien who has invaded my body”. Joan Naughton said people often reacted “unkindly” to her condition ...

These temporary conditions usually resolve with minimal intervention. However, chronic coughing often indicates underlying medical conditions such as asthma, COPD, or acid reflux disease.

Background: Children presenting with chronic cough are common to the primary care physicians, but data on the etiology are scant. Methods: We evaluated 40 children (age range, 5 to 12 years ...

The world’s first phase three trials of a new drug have shown that it can ease the often distressing symptom of chronic cough with few side effects. The two Phase 3, randomised, double blind 52-week ...