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 ...

In his testimony this week, Kennedy claimed that infectious diseases receive far more federal funding than chronic diseases. Government records suggest the opposite.

According to the NHS, a hacking cough is the primary symptom of the illness. One clear distinction is that a ...

A discovery about the mechanisms that enable the immune system to sustain long-term protection could revolutionize treatment for chronic disease and cancer.

Looking for the name of Marcel Proust on search engines, it seems that the centenary of his death (1922) has gone unnoticed by medical doctors. Several essays on his illness have already been ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a manifestation of structural violence, the process through which societies ...

Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Feels normal, right? Imagine if that breath carried invisible toxins, invisible yet powerful enough to weaken our body from inside? For millions of young people ...

Children diagnosed with interstitial lung disease often survive into adulthood, when they are likely to need care for related impairments.