Chronic Bronchitis News

Scientists have found a new link between drinking soda and a diagnosis of respiratory disorders.

Dear Dr. Donohue: My wife was diagnosed with COPD. She is on medicines and has been given lung tests that confirm COPD.

COPD is the third-leading cause of death in the United States. Twelve-million Americans have been diagnosed with the condition, which some know as emphysema or chronic bronchitis.

MONIKA SETH/Nutritionist and diet consultant specialising in weight loss at Al Raffah Hospital Sat Feb 04 2012 12:17:54 GMT+0400 Oman Time If you have had the illness two years in a row for as long as three months at a time, it's classified as chronic bronchitis.

The number of emergency hospital admissions for people with lung conditions in Wales is at a 10 year high, NHS figures show.