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You may want to read WP:TALK for more information on the uses of talk pages. They are dedicated to communicating about the mainspace articles, not answering questions. You may have more luck if you went to Wikipedia:Reference desk, which is dedicated towards answering questions, though since there is no standard for reliable sources there, any unreferenced information that you find isn't really appropriate for the pages you are looking at.

From your comments on various talk pages, you seem to be using them quite often to try to find answers to your questions. I suggest you direct them at the RD. As you can see from the pages, only one person has answered any of your questions - talk pages are bad places to ask them 'cause most people in the mainspace are more interested in improving pages than responding to questions, though the opposite is true of the reference desk.

My apologies for biting you, but the talk page guidelines (The purpose of a Wikipedia talk page is to provide space for editors to discuss changes to its associated article or project page) and the talk page description page (Article talk pages are provided for discussion of the content of articles and the views of reliable published sources) are both very clear about what the talk pages are for. It's frustrating to see the pages being improperly used.

If you feel the pages you are looking at are missing information which is useful, you may want to try re-formatting your comments to be point out the missing information rather than phrasing it as a question (i.e. instead of 'Why do you/I/people X at Y rather than Z', say 'I think the page could mention or explain why X happens at Y rather than Z). If you get an answer, you could post it on the page, particularly if it has a reference attached.

Also - at night, people are lying down, which causes mucus to pool in the lungs and bronchioles; also, body temperature drops and hormone levels change, all of which could affect coughing. In the morning, the mucus has been pooling all night and it has thickened, making it more difficult to expel, hence more coughing. I have no idea if this is correct or not, but it makes sense to me.

WLU 18:54, 16 August 2007 (UTC)