An asthma attack is a sudden worsening of asthma symptoms caused by inflammation and a narrowing of the airways. This can make breathing difficult and, in severe cases, be life-threatening. Asthma ...

Scientists have found a new treatment for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that may be more effective than current options. Over the past 50 years, treatment options ...

Stephanie Milliken works for YWCA Hamilton's Safer Drug Use Space. McMaster University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. McMaster University provides funding as a member ...

Most people with asthma are able to control their symptoms by using inhaled medicines each day. But for some people with severe asthma, inhaled medicines are not enough to keep symptoms under control.

Credit: Getty Images The GINA 2024 asthma update includes new guidance on medications, monitoring, treatment goals, remission, cough variant asthma, children, and more. The Global Initiative for ...

Starting Saturday, the cost of inhalers will fall for many Americans, as new out-of-pocket price caps go into effect for the asthma medications from AstraZeneca and Boehringer Ingelheim. Following ...

Here’s how to tell if you’re one of them. By Knvul Sheikh In spring 2020, Jazzminn Hein received an automated phone call from The Ottawa Hospital in Canada, asking if she or anyone in her household ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves not only which drugs can go to market but also whether they require a prescription from a doctor. The agency gets this power from the Durham-Humphrey ...

Rainfall is known to clear the air of pollen and make breathing easier for those with asthma. But sometimes heavy precipitation can do the contrary: growing evidence shows that rain and thunderstorms ...