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By Julie Steenhuysen:Babies born four months before the peak cold and flu season have a 30 percent higher risk of developing asthma, U.S. researchers said on Friday, suggesting that these common infections may trigger asthma.
“All infants are exposed to this and it is potentially preventable,” said Dr. Tina Hartert, director of the center for Asthma [...]

A new study that has recently come out has found that nearly 30 percent or 1/3 of Canadian Adults who have been diagnosed with asthma by their doctor may not have the disease. The findings suggest that literally thousands may be taking medication that they don’t need. The original study was to see if obese [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In children with both asthma and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), treating the latter can improve the former, according to research presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in Seattle.
GERD is a common disease in which fluid from the stomach backs up into [...]

Asthma may be over-diagnosed by as much as 30 per cent in Canadian adults, according to a new study, which suggests that doctors may be missing the signs of a more serious problem.
“The myth-busting part of this study may be that there are a lot of Canadians who are labeled as asthmatics who believe they [...]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that U.S. prevalence of asthma is 22 million, including 6.5 million children younger than 18 years, with deaths from asthma episodes estimated at 4,000 per year. It is one of our most common health problems.Therefore, guidelines for asthma management have been developed to focus on four [...]

Immune cells known as eosinophils have a central role in causing asthma. Now, a team of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, has developed approaches to noninvasively visualize in real-time eosinophil responses in the lungs and airways of mice with a disease that mimics asthma (experimental allergic airway inflammation); they hope that these approaches [...]

A study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Respiratory Research has found that in this vulnerable group, worsening of respiratory symptoms requiring recurrent additional treatment.
A Mexican research team led by Dr Isabelle Romieu of the Institute Nacional de Sauld Publica, correlated pollutants associated with exacerbation of respiratory symptoms in asthmatic children. Earlier studies suggest [...]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that U.S. prevalence of asthma is 22 million, including 6.5 million children younger than 18 years, with deaths from asthma episodes estimated at 4,000 per year. It is one of our most common health problems.
Therefore, guidelines for asthma management have been developed to focus on four [...]

A significant number of asthma patients visiting their primary care doctor for other reasons have inadequately controlled asthma, according to results of a study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in Seattle.
“Primary care providers may want to take the opportunity to assess asthma control in all asthma [...]

A study published in The Lancet establishes a relationship between taking paracetamol during the first year of life and the development of asthma, eczema and allergies during childhood. However, this link is yet to be confirmed…
Giving an infant paracetamol to bring down a high temperature appears to increase the risk of asthma by 46%. Worse [...]