Acute bronchitis usually develops after a cold or upper respiratory infection ... The cough is secondary to mucus production and airway irritation, not a viral or bacterial infection. Increased mucus ...

According to the CDC, respiratory infections caused by the bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae have increased in the U.S. over the ...

Walking pneumonia cases are surging among young children in the United States, federal health officials warn.

Chronic bronchitis is a common disease in elderly patients. Acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis (AECB) is a common feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Antibiotic therapy based ...

Currently, bacterial pneumonia is the most common ... The doctor needs to determine whether it is acute bronchitis, pneumonia ...

Erdosteine is a multimechanism, mucolytic agent that decreases the sputum viscoelastic properties and bacterial ... In acute infective exacerbation of chronic bronchitis or chronic obstructive ...

When it comes to getting a cold or the flu, there is a commonly held belief that men take it harder than women, exaggerating ...

A report released Oct. 17 by the Senate Homeland Security Committee’s investigative subcommittee scrutinizes some of the nation's largest Medicare Advantage insurers for their use of prior ...

An example of this is Zimbabwe’s control programme for schistosomiasis (an acute disease caused by parasitic worms), which ...

They range from acute infections, such as pneumonia and bronchitis, to chronic conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.