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There can be a range of reasons for a persistent cough. But most chronic coughs are caused by three conditions.
It might feel like an odd or even slightly stomach-churning topic, but it’s a remarkably common question.
Children aged under six years shouldn’t have cough syrup. It’s not only ineffective, it can be harmful.
The risk of a severe allergic reaction when pholcodine is combined with common medicines used in anaesthesia has lead to their recall in Australia.
Some coughs can last for weeks or even months following an upper respiratory infection. The good news – albeit not very satisfying – is that most eventually go away on their own.
Researchers are developing an AI-powered device to detect asthma and COPD symptoms in real-time for faster treatment. The ‘patch’ listens to airway sounds, but filters out speech to protect privacy.
Some people who have had COVID are still coughing weeks, months and even a year after being infected with COVID. So why do coughs linger when you’re no longer infectious?
Your rapid antigen tests say you’re COVID-negative but you still have cold symptoms. Generally, you should stay away from others until you’re well again.
Those directly exposed to toxic dust and trauma on and after 9/11 carry with them a generation of chronic health conditions, which are placing them at higher risk during the pandemic and as they age.
Experts weigh in on whether they will sit and eat at a restaurant.
Fluid mechanics can be applied to the transport of respiratory diseases such as COVID-19.
Your body can be infected and fight off SARS-CoV-2 without your ever noticing.
At-home mask makers should carefully consider fit and fabric variables when designing face coverings to help prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
Coughs are a valuable diagnostic tool, but how do you know if you’ve got a relatively harmless cough, a coronavirus cough – or something else altogether?
Dry, moist, productive, hacking, chesty, whooping, barking, throaty. Which type of cough do you have and why?
Getting rid of this scourge is nothing to be sneezed at.
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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David King is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland
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Provost and Professor in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences., Drake University
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Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University
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Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
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Senior Lecturer; MD, Victoria University
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Associate Professor of Practice and MPH Program Director, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Virginia
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Professor Emerita of Design, University of Minnesota
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Professor and Chief, Infectious Disease, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
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Associate Professor of Pharmacology, University of Sydney
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General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University
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Professor of Immunology and Infection, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Canada Research Chair in Personalized Medicine of Upper Airway Health and Disease, McGill University
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Professor Emerita, Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University