DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What causes chronic bronchitis? Is there a cure? Bronchitis is an inflammation of the lining of the tubes that carry air to and from the lungs (bronchial tubes). Symptoms include ...

Non-obstructive chronic bronchitis (CB) is associated with an increased risk of mortality, but only in ever-smokers, not in those who never smoked, the first systematic review and meta-analysis of its ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Icenticaftor did not yield a dose response for trough FEV 1 at 12 weeks, but treatment was associated with ...

It wasn’t a surprise for Grace Lawrence when she started having respiratory symptoms. “I was a daily smoker for 56 years,” the Bucks County retiree says. “I knew for a while I had problems, but it ...

Gala Therapeutics, Inc., a developer of medical devices to treat pulmonary disease, today announced the first worldwide commercial procedures using the RheOx® Bronchial Rheoplasty system for the ...

NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, better known as COPD, is a growing medical problem that literally takes your breath away. A possible treatment for one form of COPD ...

Alternative for treatment failure: parenteral therapy (home or hospital); sputum culture-based or adjusted therapy; consider referral to specialist Group III (suppurative CB) First-line oral ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Chronic bronchitis in young adults is associated with recurrent respiratory infections and early-life exposures, ...

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Hemoptysis can signal conditions ranging from the mild to life-threatening. Here’s how to determine which cases demand immediate intervention. Hemoptysis is frequently encountered by primary-care ...