Tag: coughing

Speaking whilst infected with COVID-19 may cause it to spread

Thought LeadersDr. Keiko IshiiAssistant ProfessorAoyama Gakuin University In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Dr. Keiko Ishii about her research efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic and how speaking whilst infected can cause the virus to spread, and why wearing masks is so important. What provoked your research efforts into the COVID-19 pandemic? Our research started when

Doctors told to consider coughing as symptom of LUNG CANCER

Doctors told to consider shortness of breath and coughing as symptoms of LUNG CANCER because they are the earliest signs of the killer disease Researchers examined 27,795 records of patients from across the country They had been diagnosed with lung cancer between year 2000 and 2017 Rate of coughs and shortness of breath increased as