With fall and winter fast approaching, you’re probably suspicious of every sniffle and sneeze you hear at your office or in the grocery store—and with good reason: Cold and flu cases rise during the ...

usually not indicated in healthy nonelderly adults in absence of vital sign abnormalities or asymmetric lung sounds may be warranted in patients with cough lasting > 3 weeks in absence of other known ...

About one in 20 people experience bronchitis every year, despite it being a respiratory infection no one wants. Its most common symptoms include wheezing, chest tightness, low fever, fatigue, ...

Winter is prime time for the coughing, phlegm, fatigue, and general unpleasantness of acute bronchitis. Viruses are by far the most common cause of the illness, which typically goes away in a week or ...

Q: A very close friend of mine has a bad case of bronchitis. Warm weather seems to help, but it's not a cure. Is there anything that can help? -- J.B., Monroe Township, N.J. A: The bronchi are the ...

A quality measure reduced antibiotic use for patients with acute bronchitis but led to use of an alternative diagnosis, offsetting most of the observed improvement. To determine whether diagnostic ...