The distinctive sound of your cough carries far more information than you might imagine, potentially serving as a powerful diagnostic tool that could revolutionize how pneumonia gets detected and ...

MORGANTOWN — Two West Virginia University physicians are encouraging people to recognize the early symptoms of pertussis, or ...

If anything good can be said about 2020, there were far fewer colds. By the time masks started coming off in 2021, the cold was back — just in time for summer, according to Health Matters, a monthly ...

Bronchial breath sounds are different noises your doctor can hear when listening to your breathing. Atypical sounds can indicate an underlying condition. Bronchial breath sounds, or lung sounds, are ...

During Healthy Lung Month and the cold part of the year, you might be thinking a little more than normal about the way you breathe. But during any part of the year, we all need to get oxygen to live.

With whooping cough being so prevalent right now, it’s important for vaccinated people to understand they can still get mild forms of the disease. If you notice a cough or any upper respiratory ...

Asthma is a condition where the airways become inflamed, narrow, and produce extra mucus. (Picture Credit: Pexels) A wheeze is a whistling or rattling sound when someone breathes. It occurs when the ...

For people who struggle with breathing, the ‘breathe easy’ reminder doesn't seem like a comforting one. Asthma, one of the most common breathing troubles, is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the ...

Croup is an inflammation of the larynx (throat), trachea (windpipe), and bronchi (tubes that connect the trachea to the lungs). It occurs primarily in young children. Croup arises from a respiratory ...

Children can suffer from seven to 10 respiratory infections and spend up to 140 days with cold-related symptoms during the dreaded cold and flu season, Dr. Melanie Wilson-Taylor, a pediatrician at ...