Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects approximately 29 million people in the U.S. and is the fourth leading ...

Non-obstructive chronic bronchitis (CB) is associated with an increased risk of mortality, but only in ever-smokers, not in those who never smoked, the first systematic review and meta-analysis of its ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a group of diseases, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, that block your airways and make it hard for you to breathe. Today, doctors understand ...

Erdosteine is a multimechanism, mucolytic agent that decreases the sputum viscoelastic properties and bacterial adhesion to the cell membrane, endowed with bronchial anti-inflammatory activity and a ...

Q: A very close friend of mine has a bad case of bronchitis. Warm weather seems to help, but it's not a cure. Is there anything that can help? -- J.B., Monroe Township, N.J. A: The bronchi are the ...