For people living with asthma and allergies, properly managing these conditions can drastically improve their quality of life. A key tool for patients is prescription medications that can help limit ...

Geneticist Dr. Esteban Burchard was studying asthma at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston years ago when, he recalled, “a black teenager died of an asthma attack right outside the hospital ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. doctors are beginning a dramatic experiment this month to try to save patients dying from congestive heart failure -- by temporarily resting their hearts and then boosting them with ...

As pediatricians who take care of children in the inpatient, emergency, and primary care settings, we are alarmed by the recent trend of families having to go without basic medications to control ...

"If I take him to the doctor, they'll say give him the chamber, the asthma pump. Let him take it two times and then that's it," Matos explained. Matos said regular doctor visits and preventative ...

During her time working with underserved communities in southwest Philadelphia, Maureen George encountered many unconventional asthma treatments, including the use of homemade botanical teas or tonics ...

Findings showed that children who were initiated on PPIs were 57% more likely to be diagnosed with asthma. Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use in children appears to be associated with an increased risk ...

Because acid reflux can cause bronchoconstriction, NIH asthma guidelines state the following: "For patients who have poorly controlled asthma ... investigation for GERD [gastroesophageal reflux ...

Dr. Stephen Wasserman answers the question: 'What Is A Rescue Medicine?' — -- Question: What is a rescue medicine and when is it used for asthma? Answer: A rescue medicine is a medicine used in ...

With new guidelines for the treatment of moderate to severe asthma, experts noted a shift toward increasing caution in ...