Long-term smokers often have a chronic cough. They may get used to it, and perhaps also to being winded after climbing stairs.But there are good reasons to take these symptoms seriously, as they can ...

This study has demonstrated that asymptomatic current cigarette smokers have a significantly diminished cough reflex relative to that of healthy nonsmokers. The inhibition of cough sensitivity due ...

In this control group, contrary to the results in chronic coughers, the cough-specific HRQOL of men was significantly more adversely affected than women. While men and women smokers scored ...

A woman who has had a chronic cough for 30 years said it has been like dealing with “an alien who has invaded my body”. Joan Naughton said people often reacted “unkindly” to her condition ...

Her work appears across several publications including SELF, Women’s Health ... Causes of a chronic cough, which persists for more than eight weeks, include air pollution, asthma or allergies ...

Both cancers’ symptoms can include a bloody cough, a recurrent or worsening ... cause the cancer to be misdiagnosed. In short, non-smoking women are doubly disadvantaged: they usually aren ...