Expert pulmonologists share essential guidelines on distinguishing normal coughs from dangerous ones, plus effective home ...

Study objectives: To stratify COPD patients presenting with an acute exacerbation on the basis of sputum color and to relate this to the isolation and viable numbers of bacteria recovered on culture.

The problem with COPD is you have obstruction ... to look for in a flare-up is: Is their mucus getting worse? Is there more of it? Is it changing color? Is it going from its usual pale white ...

Patients presenting to their primary-care physicians with acute exacerbations associated with sputum production and underlying diagnoses of COPD were ... to a standard color chart.

Dear Dr. Roach: I’ve had muscle spasms and cramping in my lower legs and feet for quite some time. It almost always happens ...

One important one is alcohol. If it’s your habit to have even a glass or two on Friday and Saturday nights, this is one ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’ve had muscle spasms and cramping in my lower legs and feet for quite some time. It almost always happens ...

I’ve had muscle spasms and cramping in my lower legs and feet for quite some time. It almost always happens when I’m laying in bed and in the ...

I’ve had muscle spasms and cramping in my lower legs and feet for quite some time. It almost always happens when I’m laying in bed and in the early morning hours. If I stand up and walk around, it ...