Asthma is a condition where the airways constrict, leading to breathing difficulties. People with asthma may use inhalers to deliver medication to the airways to avoid asthma attacks or to relieve ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

AstraZeneca has imagined a swarm of annoying anthropomorphized eosinophils—a type of white blood cell that causes airway inflammation and asthma symptoms—mucking around and ruining everything in their ...

An asthma control test involves questions relating to daytime and nighttime asthma symptoms. This test helps determine if a person is controlling their asthma well. The asthma control test helps ...

If you have asthma, your home’s humidity level can affect your health. Too little humidity and your nose and throat can become dry and irritated, making colds worse and asthma harder to control. Too ...

Despite the name, cardiac asthma isn’t a type of asthma. It refers to breathing difficulty caused by fluid buildup in the lungs as a result of heart failure. Cardiac asthma can be potentially life ...

Credit: Getty Images The GINA 2024 asthma update includes new guidance on medications, monitoring, treatment goals, remission, cough variant asthma, children, and more. The Global Initiative for ...

Dupilumab (interleukin-4Rα; antibody binds to interleukin-4Rα, inhibiting interleukin-4 and interleukin-13 signaling in hematopoietic cells [e.g., B cells, CD4+ helper T cells, and eosinophils], ...

When Sophia Gulle, 19, gets her period, it triggers asthma attacks so severe that she would end up confined in the hospital ...