Cough
Sep 10 2008, Anupam Agnihotri

Young adults with chronic cough and phlegm may have fourfold higher risk of developing life threatening Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD. A new scientific study that tracked about 5,002 individuals has hurled this astounding fact.
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