A peak flow meter is a simple, small, hand-held tool that can help you maintain control of asthma by providing a measurement of how well air moves out of the lungs. After blowing into the device, the ...

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 ...

There are already many options to treat asthma, and researchers study new ways to treat this condition. If you have asthma, you can learn about the newer treatments and those that are in the works.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Study results show that patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and comorbid asthma may have a greater risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 if they use bronchodilators or steroids ...