Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and, in the latter part of the 20th century, reached epidemic proportions. Asthma is generally believed to result from gene-environment ...
The escalating impacts of human activities on the environment, particularly evident through climate change and biodiversity loss, present urgent challenges for global health. The 21st century has ...
While designed to address the nighttime interrupted breathing characteristic of OSA, CPAP has the added potential of helping improve your asthma symptoms if you have both conditions. If you have ...
The long-term effects of asthma can undermine your quality of life and ability to participate in everyday activities. If poorly controlled, asthma can cause structural changes to the lungs, leading to ...
While there’s no single food or nutrient that relieves asthma symptoms, eating a balanced diet and avoiding processed and other triggering foods may help reduce asthma flare-ups. If you live ...
New research from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has shown the chance of being correctly diagnosed with asthma varies widely ...
Victoria's chief health officer says there is a high risk of epidemic thunderstorm asthma in parts of regional Victoria. Thunderstorm asthma is when high amounts of grass pollen and a certain type ...
Asthma is a condition in which the airways in your lungs narrow and swell. When asthma is triggered, the muscles around these airways tighten. There’s currently no cure for asthma, but treatment ...