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The most common symptoms of a chest infection include a persistent cough, wheezing, breathlessness, a high temperature, ...

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One in 13 Australians over the age of 40 has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD but, alarmingly, only half of them ...

Symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) include shortness of breath, chesty cough with phlegm, frequent chest infections and persistent wheezing.

The drug was introduced as a mucolytic agent for chronic pulmonary diseases more than 10 years ago. Its effect is based on the breaking of the disulfide bridges of mucus glycoproteins, resulting ...

Dr. Polverino answers your most pressing questions about bronchitis, how contagious it is and when it may cause more serious ...

The health expert has also issued advice on when you should see your GP if you have a cough that won't go away ...

The free sulfhydryl group of metabolite I breaks the disulfide bridges of mucus glycoproteins, resulting in reduced sputum physical properties in patients with acute and chronic mucus hypersecretion.

The sticky, slimy goo plays an essential role in fighting off infections, shaping the gut microbiome and more. Credit...Sisi Kim Supported by By Nina Agrawal To many people, mucus is nothing more ...

Fever can be a symptom of pneumonia, but it is possible to have pneumonia with no fever. Learn more about how it’s diagnosed.

In light of the vote in Parliament on assisted dying, Lucie Debaig ponders if death can ever be dignified My father died of ...