What is bronchitis? “Bronchitis is a respiratory condition characterised by inflammation of the airways in the lungs,” says ...

It is a general term that includes various progressive lung diseases, most commonly chronic bronchitis (irritation of the bronchial tubes) and emphysema (destruction of the air sacs). What are the ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can result from chronic bronchitis or emphysema. Some people may also have COPD and asthma, which can worsen both conditions. Chronic obstructive ...

FORMAL recognition of chronic bronchitis as a distinct clinical entity has been relatively recent in this country. Simply defined, it is an inflammatory condition of the bronchi and bronchioles ...

About 23,690 new cases of CLL (14,340 in males and 9,350 in females) About 4,460 deaths from CLL ( 2,810 in males and 1,650 in females) CLL accounts for about 1 in 3 new cases of leukemia in the US, ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Residents in the Tri-State area experiencing a persistent cough may be dealing with bronchitis, a common illness that often follows a cold or the flu. "It's common every year ...

Abdominal pain is considered chronic if it lasts for more than three months. The pain may be constant or it can come and go over the three-month period or longer. There are many health conditions, ...

In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known ...

Smoking and bronchitis also go hand in hand. Smoking increases your risk of developing acute bronchitis and also makes recovery from it more difficult. Acute bronchitis, also known as a chest cold ...

After developing chronic pain, I started looking into what scientists do — and still don’t — understand about the disease. Here is what I learned. By Jennifer Kahn Most of us don’t think ...