Cough

Common Cold

Cold agglutinin disease

Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria

Smell and Taste Abnormalities

Smell and taste are intricately linked - as demonstrated by a bad cold, where the sense of smell is lost, but also the taste of foods is much diminished. Both are gradually lost with aging, but ther...

Antibiotics Are Ineffective For Treating Common Cold Cough In Kids

Antibiotics are not successful in treating cough due to the common cold in children, according to findings presented at CHEST 2012, the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians. Rese...

Antibiotics not effective for cough due to 'common cold' in children

(American College of Chest Physicians) New research suggests that antibiotics are not effective in treating cough due to the common cold in children. The study, presented at CHEST 2012, the annual mee...

Antibiotics Don't Ease Coughs in Kids With Common Cold: Study

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24 -- Children with a cough associated with the common cold should not be given antibiotics, according to a new study. Although they are not effective in treating this type of cough, r...

Be ‘medicinewise’ with cough and cold medicines in young children

NPS MedicineWise is urging parents and health professionals to heed the advice from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) this week restricting the use of cough and cold medicines to treat young...

Health Highlights: Feb.1, 2013

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Triaminic, Theraflu Cough/Cold Syrups Recalled Due to Safety Cap Problems About 2.3 million unit...

Antibiotics Can't Treat Common Cold Coughs

Antibiotics cannot be considered an effective cough treatment for children with common colds, according to research presented at the American College of Chest Physicians' CHEST 2012 event. The researc...

Triaminic, Theraflu Cough/Cold Syrups Recalled Due to Safety Cap Problems

FRIDAY, Feb. 1 -- About 2.3 million units of Triaminic and Theraflu cold and cough syrups have been recalled by Novartis Consumer Health Inc. due to potential problems with the child-resistant caps. S...

Data Shows Peak Cold and Flu Season is Here for Chicago

Temperatures are dropping and it’s time to give cough the cold shoulder. According to new findings from Robitussin® COUGHCAST™, which were compiled by IMS Health using U.S. n...

Cough triggers and their pathophysiology in patients with prolonged or chronic cough.

Background: The character or timing of chronic cough is considered to be unpredictable for diagnosing its cause. However, the associations of cough triggers with cough pathophysiology remains unknown....

Frequency of Persistent Cough and Trends in Seeking Medical Care and Treatment -Results of an Internet Survey.

Background: Cough is a frequently encountered symptom and can be indicative of a serious underlying disease. However, no studies have investigated the incidence of cough in the general population in J...

A NOVEL APPROACH TO STUDYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE MEASURES OF COUGH.

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Currently no data is available on the relationship between changes in objective and subjective measures of cough, the magnitude of change in cough frequency perceived by patients...

The relationship between gastroesophageal reflux and cough in children with chronic unexplained cough using combined impedance-pH-manometry recordings.

INTRODUCTION: Assessment of the reflux-cough association in children is challenging. Esophageal (impedance) pH recording is sensitive to recognize reflux. However, cough recorded by an event marker, p...

A cohort description and analysis of the effect of gabapentin on idiopathic cough.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Chronic idiopathic cough (known as cough hypersensitivity syndrome) is defined by cough in the absence of an identifiable cause. Gabapentin has been suggested as a treatment but...