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Prolonged cough? In most cases, patience is the treatment

Written by | 14 Feb 2024

Coughing after a respiratory infection is common and, in most cases, will resolve with time, according to an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.231523. With the recent bout of […]

Diagnosing asymptomatic covid-19 using only cough recordings

Written by | 15 Dec 2020

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can distinguish between asymptomatic people with covid-19 and healthy individuals. One of the […]

Differentiation of the coughs – cancer or covid-19?

Written by | 17 Sep 2020

Differentiation of the Cs is a document aimed at health care professionals working in primary care to help them to triage their patients.  It provides a simple table that […]

Is bradykinin responsible for the covid-19 cough?

Written by | 26 Aug 2020

The similarities between the ACE-inhibitor cough and the cough of covid-19 prompted Dr Colin Brown, a retired GP and researcher, to investigate further. The ACEI cough is due […]

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