Severe asthma affects roughly 2 million people in the United States. It is hard to control — even with inhaled steroid medicines and additional therapies. More than 80% of cases are linked to type 2 ...

People with severe asthma sometimes rely on daily steroid pills, which raise the risk of diabetes, infections and bone problems. Now, a study supports the idea that a monthly antibody injection is a ...

A new Cochrane Review, published in the Cochrane Library today and presented at the ERS International Congress, has found evidence from randomised trials, that taking an oral vitamin D supplement in ...

About 30 to 40% of children with asthma experience sleep difficulties due to symptoms like coughing and wheezing. Poor sleep increases the risk of severe asthma exacerbations (attacks) that often ...

A new bronchodilator delivery device, SOBIstat-F, reduced hospitalization rates and improved clinical outcomes in children with severe acute asthma, according to a randomized clinical trial presented ...

Breathing can feel normal for weeks, then suddenly turn into a race for air. That uncertainty is one of the hardest parts of living with asthma. Even when symptoms seem quiet, an attack can still ...

Why should people with blue inhalers switch? "Over a million people have been switched from using the standard blue inhaler to one of these newer combination ones," Dr Ranj said.

Most people living with severe asthma are also battling other health conditions that go under the radar, a major new study has found. Researchers analyzing data from thousands of patients discovered ...

Asthma is the most common chronic disease and one of the main causes of hospitalization among children. The Global Asthma ...

A 6-year-old boy died during a shopping trip with his mom. Magnus Landon Kayde suffered a "severe asthma attack” at a shopping center in Australia on Nov. 28, the Daily Mailreported. Paramedics ...