Bronchiectasis is a chronic condition of the respiratory system, in which there is abnormal widening of the airways due to an initial damaging factor. This in turn reduces the ability of the bronchi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 24—(StatePoint) Getting the correct treatment for bronchiectasis, a chronic lung condition affecting 350,000 to 500,000 ...

BRONCHIECTASIS is protean in its expressions as it is sometimes obscure in its origin. The clinical picture varies in individual patients, but common to the severer cases is a history of harassing, ...

Southampton clinical researchers, working as part of a UK team, have shed new light on causes of bronchiectasis, a long-term lung condition currently effecting more than 200,000 people in the UK.

Most often secondary to childhood infection, bronchiectasis is irreversible. But there are steps you can take to improve your patients’ quality of life. Bronchiectasis, which is characterized by ...

SINCE Laennec 1 first described and named bronchiectasis its etiology and mode of development have been controversial issues. Numerous theories have been advanced, each of which is backed by ...

Mark Metersky, MD, FCCP, illustrates the pathology of bronchiectasis. This is a video synopsis/summary of an Insights involving Mark Metersky, MD, FCCP, on bronchiectasis. Bronchiectasis is an ...

There are a number of things you can do every day to complement bronchiectasis treatment. Find out what habits experts recommend.

For the first time, people with bronchiectasis will have a treatment option. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Insmed's daily pill brensocatib, which will be sold under the brand name ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A cough can be a mild irritant or a signal of something more serious, especially when it stretches for weeks on end. When you have a cough that lasts for some time it is ...

Panelists discuss how evaluating potential causes of bronchiectasis is important despite many cases being idiopathic, as identifying treatable traits can lead to specific interventions, such as CFTR ...

Bronchiectasis may affect anyone of any age, but most commonly the middle-aged segment. Unfortunately, the damage done to the lungs by bronchiectasis is permanent. The bronchi are small tubes in the ...