If you have non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, you’re likely an expert on the “lung side” of the disease — the stubborn mucus, the nagging cough, and the constant threat of a flare-up. But by causing ...
Bronchiectasis is a chronic lung condition in which your airways, or bronchi, widen permanently and become scarred. It may cause a persistent cough, large daily production of mucus (sputum or phlegm), ...
In 1996, in an episode called “Messages from Earth,” part of the beloved sci-fi TV series Babylon 5, Captain John Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner) confesses to his Minbari colleague Delenn (the late, great ...
One woman's journey from an unexpected diagnosis to learning how to manage a chronic, progressive lung disease. When Lavonda was told she had bronchiectasis, she didn't know what the word meant. "I ...
It started out as a typical hot yoga class for Lavonda. The North Carolina resident was used to strenuous workouts, but on this day in 2008 she felt faint as she went through the sequence of poses.
Bronchiectasis hospitalizations have higher mortality and costs than COPD and asthma, with a median stay of 5 days and costs of $50,393. During the COVID-19 pandemic, bronchiectasis hospitalizations ...
Pixel devices are getting a set of new ringtones, notification alerts, and alarm sounds via an update to the Sounds app. Update: Sounds 3.3 (825845788) is now widely rolling out to older Pixel devices ...
Miami (October 23, 2025) – The Bronchiectasis and NTM Association announced today that two abstracts using Bronchiectasis and NTM Research Registry data were presented at CHEST 2025, held October ...
For the Climate Forward live event, we gathered recordings of a melting glacier, the Amazon jungle and the underwater Arctic, all soundscapes that are rapidly changing. By Evan Roberts Climate change ...
Queen's University Belfast-led research reports on a multicenter trial finding no significant reduction in pulmonary exacerbations with hypertonic saline or carbocisteine over 52 weeks among adults ...