Cough receptor desensitization may explain the lower incidence of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-induced cough in smokers relative to nonsmokers.14,15 This hypothesis also may explain ...

ROCK star David Roach has been diagnosed with a “very aggressive” form of cancer after symptoms of a “fever and a cough”. The ...

Every percentage point increase in youth vaping represents thousands of lives at risk. The adolescent brain, vulnerable and ...

You know that sweet little bottle of honey cough syrup you grab every time your kid starts sounding like a tiny chain smoker?

COPD develops gradually, with chronic coughing often dismissed as “smoker’s cough” before more serious symptoms emerge. Early morning coughs producing mucus, ...

When you inhale tobacco smoke, the respiratory system tries to protect itself by producing mucus and coughing. Normally, the cilia (tiny hairlike structures) beat outward to sweep harmful substances ...

Question: Is smoker’s cough always a sign of cancer? My husband is 55 and smokes around 15 a day. I have given up nagging him about it but I do want him to get his smoker’s cough checked. I ...

Smoker's cough and chronic lung conditions. Certain medical conditions that affect the respiratory tract can saddle you with a persistent cough. They include chronic obstructive airway disease, ...

Further, in the analysis assessing dual users with maintained or higher smoking intensity against persistent smokers, the cough resolution rate (IRR = 0.86; 95% CI, 0.76-0.99) and wheeze ...

A paper in Nicotine and Tobacco Research finds that people who switch from smoking cigarettes to vaping see improved ... Among 5,210 subjects with a baseline cough, 3,362 (65%) saw their ...

A new paper in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, published by Oxford University Press, finds that people who switch from smoking cigarettes to vaping see improved respiratory health, but people who ...

A non-smoker whose persistent cough was dismissed as a chest infection was shocked to discover the reality was much worse. Dave Marcus had suffered a hernia due to the constant coughing, and later ...