Breathing cold air during winter can make asthma symptoms worse. Working with your doctor to develop an effective asthma action plan and following it is key to effective treatment. If you have ...

Researchers at The University of Queensland have found First Nations people are twice as likely to present at hospital with asthma and other allergy related illnesses, compared to other ...

An asthma attack is a sudden or gradual worsening of asthma symptoms. Asthma is a long-term condition that makes breathing difficult due to airway narrowing. Awareness of asthma attack symptoms can ...

A recent study in JAMA Network Open, published Feb. 28, 2025, shows that continued use of race-specific equations in the diagnostic process of children with asthma symptoms limits the ...

While there are strong links between asthma and genetics, not everyone with a family history of asthma will develop it. Asthma can also occur in people with no family history of the condition.

An asthma attack is a sudden worsening of asthma symptoms caused by inflammation and a narrowing of the airways. This can make breathing difficult and, in severe cases, be life-threatening.

Pope Francis is in a critical condition after he suffered a "prolonged asthma-like respiratory crisis" while being treated for pneumonia in a Rome hospital. The pope's stay in hospital is the ...

Kawakami and his LJI coworkers have lately investigated the molecular basis of severe asthma and exacerbations of rhinovirus-induced asthma, a kind of asthma that can develop concurrently with a cold.

Abstract Asthma with irreversible or fixed airflow obstruction (FAO) is a severe clinical phenotype that is difficult to treat and is associated with an accelerated decline in lung function and excess ...