New risk score helps identify severe asthma cases
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A new clinical tool to help doctors identify asthma patients most likely to need hospital treatment could improve the care of patients and reduce costs, researchers said on Tuesday.
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FRIDAY, Dec. 10 (HealthDayNews) -- Asthma patients who don't stick to their inhaled steroid medication regimens probably account for the majority of asthma-related hospital admissions, a new study contends.
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NEW YORK  - Frequent mental distress is  relatively common among adults with asthma and is associated  with unhealthy behaviors that raise the risk of disease  flare-ups, a new study has found. This suggests that doctors  who treat asthma patients should not overlook their mental  health status.
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A new laser analyzer might be able to help doctors detect cancer, asthma or other diseases by sampling a patient's breath, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Clues about childhood asthma and allergies may be contained in umbilical cord blood, says a study in the latest issue of Thorax. The findings suggest that high levels of
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Stress caused by events such as moving, changes in family relationships and death can raise a child&#39;s risks for asthma attacks four-fold, according to a study in the latest issue of the journal Thorax.
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Hong Kong's bad air may be  responsible for a significant jump in children being admitted  to hospital for asthma, a six-year study has found.
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TUESDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDayNews) -- Specific asthma characteristics in children may help doctors determine the most effective treatment for each child, according to researchers at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's (NHLBI) Childhood Asthma Research and Education Network.
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FRIDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Children with asthma who are exposed to traffic pollution are at increased risk for respiratory problems and reduced lung volumes, says a study that looked at children in  the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez, a crossing point into the United States.
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NEW YORK  - A free Internet-based tool   allows asthmatics to assess the degree of control of they have   over their asthma and obtain reliable recommendations for   treatment, according to research presented Monday in Munich,   Germany at the European Respiratory Society's annual gathering.
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Women with moderate to severe symptoms of asthma during pregnancy are more likely to develop preeclampsia than women with no asthma symptoms, the results of a new study show.
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Scientists said on Friday they were a step closer to developing a new class of easy-to-take asthma and allergy drug, capable of tackling the underlying cause of disease rather than just the symptoms.
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WASHINGTON -- Breathing easier without limiting activities is the goal of new government guidelines that urge more attention to asthma sufferers' day-to-day symptoms, not just their severe attacks.
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Blood from a baby's umbilical cord could help doctors predict which children will suffer from allergies and asthma later in their lives, British and American scientists said on Thursday.
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The new guidelines are the first to recognize that children ages 5 to 11 with asthma require different treatment than do adults.
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Even elite athletes find it tough to work out: a new study shows that a surprising number of them suffer from exercise-induced asthma
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NEW YORK  - Women with moderate to severe  symptoms of asthma during pregnancy are more likely to develop  preeclampsia than women with no asthma symptoms, the results of  a new study show.