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Bronchitis

March 2024

  • Child inhaling via a mask on his face.

    NHS hospitals hit by shortage of life-saving drug for chronic breathing issues

    Doctors told to ration liquid form of salbutamol, which plays vital role in treating asthma, emphysema and bronchitis

July 2022

  • woman coughs

    Low pay and damp housing driving UK lung disease deaths, study finds

    Researchers say 55% of COPD patients suffering two or more acute attacks a year earn under £20,000, with the poorest five times more likely to die from the condition

May 2022

  • Yvonne Roberts

    Killing us softly every day: why the UK must wise up on air quality

    Yvonne Roberts
    The news that almost all of us are breathing in unacceptable levels of pollution shows the government’s complacency

August 2018

  • Medicine pills - Heaps<br>Heap of medicine pills. Close up of colorful tablets and capsules.

    Promote honey rather than antibiotics for coughs, doctors told

    GPs urged to tell patients to use over-the-counter remedies rather than the drugs

April 2018

  • FILE - This Jan. 23, 2013, file photo, shows a poor air quality sign is posted over a highway, in Salt Lake City. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2013 as increasing levels of man-made pollution transform the planet, the U.N. weather agency said Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

    Spikes in air pollution can heighten risk of chest infections, research suggests

    Study of PM2.5 levels in Utah suggests increase in diagnoses of viral infections such as bronchitis follows even brief upticks in pollution

September 2015

  • An X-ray of healthy lungs

    How some smokers stay healthy: genetic factors revealed

    British scientific team have identified certain DNA profiles at lower risk of a range of lung diseases and hope their findings might lead to better treatments

July 2008

  • Doctor, doctor
    Doctor, doctor

    Dr Tom Smith answers your questions

April 2008

  • 'I conquered the critics'

    She won ecstatic reviews at Covent Garden, but bronchitis made her quit. Now Russian soprano Anna Netrebko is planning 'something wild' for the Brits. By Stuart Jeffries

November 2006

  • NHS cold-calls to beat bronchitis

    The NHS has started using the marketing techniques of double-glazing salesmen to target the most vulnerable patients who need help to stay well this winter.

December 2005

  • NHS unprepared for lung disease increase

    The number of people suffering from lung diseases such as bronchitis will overwhelm the NHS unless the government gives them higher priority, experts warned yesterday.

November 2005

  • Bronchitis rules Radcliffe out of tilt at 15km record

    A bout of bronchitis has forced Paula Radcliffe to abandon a planned attempt on the 15km world record in the Seven Hills Race in Nijmegen.

July 2004

  • Ask Emma

    Natural health therapist Emma Mitchell answers your questions.

July 2001

  • Met office forecasts help hospital cover

  • Met office forecasts help hospital cover

March 1999

  • Miners' £2bn payout is 'a debt we all owe'

    Tony Blair yesterday hailed a £2 billion compensation settlement for former miners suffering from crippling bronchitis and emphysema the largest industrial injury payout in legal history, set to benefit around 100,000 ex-pitmen as 'a debt we all owe' to them.
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