Eastern and Western medicine often seem to take very different approaches to the concept of wellness—a perfect example is an…
Asthma. The very mention of the word can make you feel like you have a boa constrictor wrapped around your…
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a crippling combination of chronic bronchitis and emphysema. If you have it, you’re worn…
You are in the middle of a crowded room and a coughing jag hits. The usual helpers—throat lozenges, water or…
A very common cause of a lingering cough is an upper respiratory infection that has come and gone. You and…
I’m sure you’ve been keeping up with the “good cooking oil/bad cooking oil” health updates. Remember when we were all…
If you have asthma, then you know how scary it can be when you have an attack and have trouble…
If you have asthma and feel that your steroid medication just doesn’t help you much, there’s a bit of good…
If you have been diagnosed with bronchitis—the kind that lasts a week or two and generally is caused by a…
For people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an incurable condition characterized by chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema, winter often brings…
A cough is nature’s way of helping us loosen and get rid of mucus that’s congesting our system, but you…
My friend’s dad suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as back pain, so it’s hard for him…
You might have thought that whooping cough (aka “pertussis”) went the way of polio and was virtually eliminated, at least…
Bronchial Thermoplasty Reduces Attacks by 30% A new surgical procedure may be life-changing — even potentially life-saving — for people with chronic…
The 10 million-plus Americans who have allergic asthma -- where allergy symptoms that result in asthma are triggered not only…
