There are two types of inflammation: acute and chronic. Acute inflammation is the kind that lasts a few hours, days, or weeks, and it’s helpful to healing. It’s your immune system’s response when ...

A cough, at its simplest, is a reflex. Your body’s built-in way of clearing the airways when something feels off. Dust, mucus, smoke, or infection, anything that irritates the throat or lungs can ...

It's not COVID-19 or the flu, but a respiratory virus has been hammering Northern California cities, including Sacramento and Davis, testing shows. WastewaterSCAN data shows "high concentrations" of ...

You may find yourself reaching for tissues and a thermometer during the winter months, wondering what has you under the weather. As flu and cold season arrives, Michiganders face other illnesses like ...

Chronic pain might quietly push people toward developing high blood pressure—and the more widespread the pain, the greater the danger. A massive analysis of over 200,000 adults uncovered strong links ...

When you’re sick with bronchitis, it might be tempting to indulge in ready-made comfort foods to help take your mind off of the coughing, raspy throat, and low spirit that can accompany this illness.

Men and women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiectasis, and nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease report differences in symptoms, mental health, disease burden, and ...

Chronic bronchitis can be caused by a recurrent or chronic viral or bacterial infection. 4 In children, chronic bronchitis is most often due to a chronic bacterial infection of the airways and is ...

Urgent care centers can treat flare-ups of chronic conditions and new symptoms. However, a person’s primary care team is responsible for managing chronic conditions long term. Around 129 million ...

Among younger American adults, death from chronic disease actually increased — a rarity among high-income countries, a new report shows. By Nina Agrawal Chronic diseases like heart disease, cancer and ...

(NEXSTAR) — The White House on Thursday said President Donald Trump was found to have chronic venous insufficiency after undergoing medical testing for “mild swelling” in his legs and bruising on one ...