A new study has found that people who continue to get problems from their asthma, despite receiving standard treatment, experience an improved quality of life when they are taught breathing exercises.

Asthma affects more than 360 million people worldwide and remains one of the most common chronic diseases across the life course. Although effective therapies and evidence-based management strategies ...

Many people will have experienced the symptoms of asthma such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness or a ...

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This summer's family barbecue was supposed to be a celebration of sorts—coming together for the first time since the pandemic pulled the plug on group activities. But your joy was cut short by an ...

Asthma is a chronic disorder that affects the lining of your airways, which become inflamed and narrow, resulting in symptoms like shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing, and chest tightness (1).

In a novel study, researchers succeeded in identifying patients with a form of severe asthma (type 2 endotype) by measuring periostin concentrations in their airways. These patients with the type 2 ...

If you have a chronic lung disease like asthma, it will get difficult to breathe. There are many factors or things that can set off the symptoms. Cold and dry air is one of the things that can trigger ...

May is Asthma Awareness Month, and May 2 is Asthma Awareness Day. This year’s theme is debunking myths and misinformation about asthma. There are many ways you can get involved. Share on Pinterest ...

During an asthma check-up at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Joel Rubinstein gets a surprising pitch — for the planet, as well as his health. His pulmonologist, Dr. Miguel Divo, explains that ...

Because it's a rare condition, nailing down a diagnosis for eosinophilic asthma can take time. But once doctors reach a conclusion, they turn to treatments specifically focused on this kind of asthma.

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 ...