DR MARTIN SCURR: Try physio to ease chronic coughing

My wife Patricia has many illnesses including asthma, bladder problems, Crohn’s disease, type 2 diabetes and bronchiectasis. The latter condition causes bouts of chesty coughing, but we have been told there is no cure. I would appreciate any advice. Brian Jones, Torquay, Devon. Bronchiectasis is a chronic, irreversible lung condition, and coping with it must … Read more

Coughing Covid patients put frontline NHS staff at higher risk of catching the virus, study finds 

Coughing Covid patients put frontline NHS staff at far higher risk of catching the virus than thought and PPE plans may need a complete rethink, study finds Researchers found that coughing produces 10 times more infectious ‘aerosol’ There are now calls for healthcare workers to be given FFP3 respirator masks Dr James Dodd’s research suggests … Read more

Coughing Covid patients put frontline NHS staff at higher risk of catching the virus, study finds 

Coughing Covid patients put frontline NHS staff at far higher risk of catching the virus than thought and PPE plans may need a complete rethink, study finds Researchers found that coughing produces 10 times more infectious ‘aerosol’ There are now calls for healthcare workers to be given FFP3 respirator masks Dr James Dodd’s research suggests … Read more

Furious Charles Ingram blasts ITV’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? coughing scandal documentary

The major convicted of cheating on ITV game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire today furiously vowed ‘The truth will out’ as he slated a documentary on the scandal. Charles Ingram, 57, hit out after Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: The Million Pound Question screened on ITV last night. He, his wife Diana … Read more

Coughing while walking down a corridor leaves coronavirus particles BEHIND you

Walking down a narrow corridor can increase your risk of catching Covid-19 as viral droplets linger in the air up to 16 feet behind an infected person Researchers found close walls of a corridor changes behaviour of particles In open space they latch onto the cougher’s back and form a ‘tail’  But in a corridor … Read more

Coughing while walking down a corridor leaves coronavirus particles BEHIND you

Coronavirus particles from a cough linger in the air BEHIND an infected person in a corridor – posing an infection risk to children, study warns Researchers used computer models to see how space changes air flow  Found close walls like in a corridor changes behaviour of particles from a cough In open space they latch … Read more

Furious woman has meltdown on EasyJet flight screaming ‘everybody dies’ and coughing on passengers

Moment furious Scottish woman without a mask has meltdown on EasyJet flight screaming ‘everybody dies’ while deliberately coughing on passengers as she is kicked off plane Woman was kicked off an aeroplane from Belfast to Edinburgh on October 18   She shouts: ‘Every f****** body dies. If it’s corona or not, everybody dies’  Woman then storms … Read more

Furious woman has meltdown on EasyJet flight screaming ‘everybody dies’ and coughing on passengers

Moment furious Scottish woman without a mask has meltdown on EasyJet flight screaming ‘everybody dies’ while deliberately coughing on passengers as she is kicked off plane Woman was kicked off an aeroplane from Belfast to Edinburgh on October 18   She shouts: ‘Every f****** body dies. If it’s corona or not, everybody dies’  Woman then storms … Read more

Umar Sadiq ‘hospitalised’ following defeat to Fyodor Chudinov with British boxer ‘coughing up blood’

‘I’m good thanks’: British boxer Umar Sadiq says he is recovering well after being ‘hospitalised’ coughing up blood following crushing stoppage defeat to Fyodor Chudinov in Russia Russian reports claim Umar Sadiq felt ill after his defeat to Fyodor Chudinov  The 32-year-old super middleweight was defeated by technical knockout He was given immediate medical assistance … Read more

Umar Sadiq ‘hospitalised’ following defeat to Fyodor Chudinov with British boxer ‘coughing up blood’

‘I’m good thanks’: British boxer Umar Sadiq says he is recovering well after being ‘hospitalised’ coughing up blood following crushing stoppage defeat to Fyodor Chudinov in Russia Russian reports claim Umar Sadiq felt ill after his defeat to Fyodor Chudinov  The 32-year-old super middleweight was defeated by technical knockout He was given immediate medical assistance … Read more