Immunology

Take your child's word for it on asthma, study finds

Children's perceptions of living with asthma may differ significantly from their caregivers' perceptions, which means both should be interviewed when they visit the doctor's office, a new study from UT Kids San Antonio and ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Saudi announces four new deaths from MERS virus

Four more people have died from the MERS virus in Saudi Arabia, bringing the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom to 32, the health ministry said Monday.

Inflammatory disorders

'Reversing' the symptoms of asthma

University of New South Wales researchers have developed a compound that has had a surprise result: being effective in the prevention of asthma.

Immunology

Smoking during pregnancy linked to severe asthma in teen years

African-American and Latino children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy are more likely to suffer from acute asthma symptoms in their teens than asthma sufferers whose mothers did not smoke, according to a new study led ...

Immunology

Asthma overdiagnosed in Canadian adults

Asthma is overdiagnosed in an estimated 30 percent of Canadian adult , according to a study presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference.

Immunology

Kids with asthma can avoid the ER by avoiding the ER

Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children, and one of the most difficult to manage, which is one of the reasons there are so many emergency department visits for asthma sufferers in the US. A new study has determined ...

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