There are different kinds of asthma, like nocturnal asthma, allergic asthma, and occupational asthma. Here's what causes and ...

There is a strong genetic component to asthma, but you can still develop asthma even if you are not genetically predisposed to it.

We all know that asthma impacts breathing. What may be less known is that the disease, which restricts our airways due to ...

Medically reviewed by Corinne Savides Happel, MDMedically reviewed by Corinne Savides Happel, MD Occupational asthma, also called work-related asthma, is a lung disease that occurs when an individual ...

Nearly 26 million people in the United States have asthma. That’s about 1 in 13 people. Rates are highest in the Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native populations. Asthma affects 4.8 ...

Diagnosing precisely what type of asthma a child has and fine-tuning the treatment for it involves an invasive procedure under general anesthesia. For children with mild asthma, it's just not worth ...

Asthma is one of the most common lung diseases in the world, affecting some 262 million people worldwide and causing more than 450,000 deaths annually, per the World Health Organization. While ...

Scientists from the Universities of Aberdeen and Manchester have made a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for ...

Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are more likely to develop asthma – and vice versa, according to an analysis of data on 17 million people being presented at the annual meeting of the European ...

Tezspire (tezepelumab-ekko) is a monthly injection used to treat severe asthma. It was approved by the FDA in 2021 for use in addition to other asthma controlling medicines in people 12 and older.