Seven out of ten Australians with asthma aged over 12 years may be prescribed too much preventer medicine. In Australian Prescriber Prof Helen Reddel and coauthors from the Woolcock Institute of ...

As common as asthma is, exactly how it starts remains murky. Scientists have now identified a new root cause, and importantly a new angle for treating the disease that can prevent the main symptoms.

Findings from a trial comparing the real-world effectiveness of asthma inhalers could reshape how children with asthma are treated. In the first randomized controlled trial to investigate the use of a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — For decades asthma patients have ...

Better insulation and ventilation in social housing mean thousands of children no longer need medication for asthma or ...

A new study suggests that severe thunderstorms may be a trigger for asthma attacks that send people to the ER. Emergency rooms across Wichita, Kansas, saw a fivefold increase in asthma-related visits ...

Living with a dog does not seem to worsen long-term asthma severity in children with allergic asthma, but may increase the ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The death of a 15-year-old high school student has shaken the community, leading some students to call for better medical care on campus. Tyrek Smith was found ...

Esther Bejarano's son was 11 months old when asthma landed him in the hospital. She didn't know what had triggered his symptoms -- neither she nor her husband had asthma -- but she suspected it was ...