http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Higher humidity levels indoors can significantly reduce the infectivity of influenza virus particles released by coughing, according to research published February 27 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by John Noti and colleagues from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-higher-indoor-humidity-inactivates-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:00:10 EST news281206279 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