Asthma is a disease of the lungs that affects people of all ages and both sexes. About 1 in 13 people in the United States ...

While the exact cause of asthma is unknown, certain genetic factors can increase the risk of developing the disease.

Asian American populations, particularly when broken down into ethnic groups, have allergy health outcomes that are distinct ...

Medically reviewed by Jurairat J. Molina, MD A chest X-ray cannot diagnose asthma but can provide valuable information during ...

The authors were limited by NHIS data, which is self-reported, and did not include information on asthma severity. The study design meant that results cannot be interpreted as causal. Researchers ...

There are many myths about asthma and how to treat it—perhaps none more misleading than the belief that asthma is not a serious health condition. Stanley Fineman, MD, MBA First of all ...

What does asthma feel like? Can sex trigger asthma? Why doesn't my asthma inhaler work? Get answers to common asthma questions.

Impacting millions of children in the U.S. alone, asthma can be particularly problematic to diagnose with specificity — ...

Not sure what's causing your child's asthma? A new quick-and-easy nasal swab test for kids can diagnose the specific immune ...

The tool, developed by researchers at Pitt, could allow doctors to diagnose subtypes of the disease without putting patients ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a nasal swab test for kids that diagnoses specific asthma subtype, ...