New research from National Jewish Health suggests that long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs), commonly used in combination asthma inhalers, are not associated with more severe reactions during oral food ...

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

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.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

Nonclinical factors are more likely to drive discontinuation of biologic therapy for patients with severe asthma.

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 ...

Sometimes the story can be told in statistics. India accounts for 13% of the global population, yet it accounts for 42% of ...

Climate change might intensify dust storms, causing more respiratory health risks.

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 ...