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 ...

Chronic bronchitis is characterized by recurring bouts of airway inflammation accompanied by a persistent cough and phlegm production. It's different from acute bronchitis, which typically develops ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Boston)—Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects approximately 29 million people in the U.S. and is the fourth leading cause of death. Mucus plugging (mucus that accumulates in the lungs ...

Is a deep, chesty cough keeping your little one up all night? Your child may have bronchitis. Also called a chest cold, acute bronchitis is an illness where the large airways to the lungs known as ...

Medically reviewed by Sukaina Hasnie, MD Key Takeaways Breathing in steam can help break up mucus in your lungs.Using a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s never any fun feeling under the weather, but when a common cold is paired with excess phlegm, it makes matters even worse.