In the United States, there are persistent racial disparities in asthma prevalence, morbidity and mortality. These disparities can largely be explained by looking at socioeconomic and environmental ...

“It feels like someone or something is sitting on my chest and constricting my lungs so I can only breathe in partway. It can feel like I'm breathing through a squished straw," one woman living with ...

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has launched a website that provides information on eosinophilic asthma, a severe form of the disease. The site, AsthmaBehavingBadly.com, features cartoon depictions ...

Does Asthma Run In Families? Like many health conditions, asthma has a genetic component. If one of your parents has asthma, you’re more likely to develop it—even in adulthood—and potentially pass it ...

“Many children are given over-the-counter analgesics to treat the fever that accompanies respiratory infections, so it seemed unclear to us whether asthma and wheeze were really linked to the use of ...

May 21, 2007 -- The rise in cigarette use by adults over the past century may explain the asthma epidemic in children according to a study by researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health. The ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Asthma patients who are black tend to have more severe disease than asthma patients who are white, leading to more asthma control problems, higher rates of emergency ...

Albuterol is a medication that helps open constricted airways caused by the inflammation associated with asthma. "It works by activating the beta receptors in the lungs, which helps the airways open ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with asthma and obesity breathe at higher tidal volumes, which may increase the efficiency of ...

CHICAGO -- Forget Fluffy and Fido. Bessie the cow just might make a healthier pet. That idea stems from new research in two farming-based religious communities that shun modern ways but have ...

CHICAGO – Forget Fluffy and Fido. Bessie the cow just might make a healthier pet. That idea stems from new research in two farming-based religious communities that shun modern ways but have ...