(Health.com)-- You've been coughing for weeks. How do you know if it's just a hard-to-shake cold or something more serious? A chronic cough, defined as lasting more than eight weeks, is not uncommon.

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Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO A chronic cough may be caused by environmental triggers like air pollution or ...

For patients with type 2 diabetes, there is an association between glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) use ...

"Oh, that's just from smoking." It's easy to dismiss a chronic cough as another problem with cigarettes. But what if it's a sign of the lung disease COPD? Franziska Gabbert/dpa Long-term smokers often ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A cough score was used to determine severity and featured questions from three validated assessments. Poorer ...

The name whooping cough might conjure up images of disease spreading in Victorian England but the illness can strike thousands of people during outbreaks, which occur every three to five years. Surges ...

Whooping cough, a bacterial infection that can be especially dangerous for babies and young children, is on the rise. As of ...