Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease that affects more than 25 million people in the US. Asthma generally causes swelling of your airways, making it harder to breathe and causing symptoms like ...

Asthma is a respiratory condition in which the lung passages become hyper-responsive to different types of stimuli. As a result, the smooth muscle in the wall of the bronchial passages contracts, ...

If you don't have asthma, you might think all types of asthma look and act the same. You'd be wrong. There are many different types of asthma, and each has its own triggers – and all need to be kept ...

The wheezing. The coughing. The extreme and sudden shortness of breath. These are symptoms that are attached to asthma, which is a surprisingly common condition. According to the Asthma and Allergy ...

A team of researchers has identified biological variations in lung tissue samples that for the first time can help identify people with mild asthma from those with moderate or severe asthma. A team of ...

In this April 4, 2017 photo, Javier Sua demonstrates how he uses an inhaler at his home in Fresno, Calif. He uses it to combat asthma, made worse by air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley. A new ...

A new, non-invasive nasal swab test for kids that diagnoses specific asthma subtype, or endotype, could help clinicians prescribe medications more precisely and pave the way for research toward better ...

Asthma inhalers can be for quick relief or long-term control. Rescue inhalers work by relaxing your airway muscles to help you breathe better. People with chronic asthma may need a daily inhaler to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nasal sampling enables clinicians to gather genetic samples that could be used ...

Asthma that begins during childhood is called child-onset asthma. This type of asthma happens because a child becomes sensitized to common allergens in the environment - most likely due to genetic ...

Juan Celedón, M.D., Dr.P.H., professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh and chief of pulmonary medicine at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Researchers at the University of ...