http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A study in Australia suggests that reduced lung function in infancy was associated with wheezing beyond childhood at 18 years of age, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-lung-function-infancy-wheeze.html Pediatrics Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:34:45 EST news280467256 (HealthDay)—There is increasing evidence that the small airways contribute significantly to the clinical expression and severity of asthma, according to research published online Nov. 9 in Allergy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-evidence-small-airway-role-asthma.html Immunology Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:10:02 EST news272652446 May is asthma awareness month, and with summer right around the corner, a study shows that doctors may be closer to understanding why patients with mild asthma have such difficulty breathing during hot, humid weather. The study, appearing in the June print issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, found that patients who inhaled an asthma drug before breathing in hot, humid air were able to prevent airway constriction that volunteers without asthma did not experience in the same environment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-hot-humid-air-triggers-symptoms.html Immunology Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:42:06 EST news258216012