"Oh, that's just from smoking." It's easy to dismiss a chronic cough as another problem with cigarettes. But what if it's a sign of the lung disease COPD? Franziska Gabbert/dpa Long-term smokers often ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors are more likely to prescribe antibiotics to treat cough in patients who smoke, but smokers get no more benefit from the drugs than non-smokers do, a large study ...
A non-smoker whose persistent cough was dismissed as a chest infection was shocked to discover he actually had lung cancer. Dave Marcus, 57, even suffered a hernia due to the constant coughing. But ...
It is true that lung cancer is commonly seen among smokers. About 85 per cent of all lung cancers are directly related to tobacco use, especially smoking. However, nearly 10–20 per cent of lung ...
AMSTERDAM, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said it has applied to start selling its experimental drug to treat smoker's cough -- which afflicts 80 million people worldwide -- after tests ...
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Smokers beware: Chronic cough, shortness of breath could be COPD
Long-term smokers often have a chronic cough. They may get used to it, and perhaps also to being winded after climbing stairs ...
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