Asthma

Children with asthma whose families participated in a Baltimore program that helped move them from high-poverty neighborhoods to low-poverty ones saw their disease get significantly better, according to a study published Tuesday.The…

Another unexpected asthma culprit pointed out by McDougall is the carpet and rugs in your home.Describing them as "hidden dust traps", McDougall explained: "Invisible allergens and dust particles stay hidden deep into the fibres of a…

Rashelle Stocker was diagnosed with asthma in third grade after having her first attack on the playground. After decades of struggling to manage her asthma, Rashelle found a medication that helped her take back control of this chronic…

Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition that is characterised by inflammation and narrowing of the airways, leading to symptoms such as shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing and tightness of the chest. Asthma affects both males as…

There is limited medical evidence supporting the effectiveness of diets in treating asthma. (Image: Shutterstock) Asthma disrupts the rhythm of breathing, leaving in its wake tightness or pain in the chest, shortness of breath, persistent…

Chronic respiratory conditions are on rise with drastic decrease in the quality of air we breathe, followed by the Covid-19 pandemic, which continues to dictate the health discourse and among the chronic respiratory conditions, asthma is…

Rashelle Stocker was in third grade when she had her first asthma attack—a moment she remembers clearly even more than 30 years later. Playing tetherball on the playground with friends, she suddenly found herself unable to breathe.“It was…

Asthma: St John Ambulance explain how to help during attackResearch into the relationship between sex hormones and asthma could unlock better treatments for millions of women, experts say.The debilitating lung condition is more common among…

You’d be hard-pressed to find someone who didn’t know that air pollution is bad for health — as a report by England’s Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty, recently pointed out, it kills up to 36,000 Britons every year.However, once we’re…

More than 80 per cent asthma cases in India are undiagnosed, which if left untreated can worsen over time, said experts here on Tuesday. World Asthma Day is an annual event observed on the first Tuesday of May, aimed at raising awareness…