FRIDAY, Nov. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The flash of lightning and roar of thunder can be quickly followed by the wheezing gasp of an asthma attack, a new study says. Thunderstorms appear to trigger sharp increases in asthma-related ER visits, researchers are scheduled to report Saturday at the AmericanContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — An anti-inflammation injectable drug can reduce mucus buildup and improve breathing among asthma patients, a new clinical trial says. The drug dupilumab (Dupixent) effectively clears up airways plugged by mucus during an asthma attack, researchers reported Oct. 27 in the American Journal ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Patients placed on mechanical ventilation are commonly put under deep sedation, to ease the stress and discomfort of having a machine breathe for them. But that short-term comfort might come at the cost of their long-term health. People put under deep sedation duringContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) — School is back in session and with it, the beginning of the cold and flu season. Unfortunately, air purifiers aren’t likely to reduce the risk of children’s exposure to respiratory viruses in the classroom, researchers reported Oct. 10 in JAMA Network Open. EvenContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Inhalers provide breath-saving relief to people with asthma and COPD, but ultimately are undoing those good works by promoting climate change, a new study says. Inhalers generated more than 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions annually over the past decade, researchers reportedContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Sept. 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A newly developed AI tool may help predict which kids with asthma are at higher risk for severe complications like respiratory infections and pneumonia, researchers say. A subgroup of kids identified by the AI tool developed pneumonia more than twice as often asContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Babies who grow up around dogs might be less likely to develop childhood asthma, a new study says. However, they don’t get the same protection from growing up around cats, according to findings presented Sunday in Amsterdam at a meeting of the EuropeanContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Routine screening can help find kids who are suffering from undiagnosed asthma in communities with high levels of the breathing disorder, a new study says. Asthma screening during well-child visits found that more than two-thirds (35%) of children with no previous diagnosis ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Fatty foods might contribute to asthma in children, a new study says. Fats found in certain foods are linked to neutrophilic asthma, a non-allergic type of asthma triggered by microbial and bacterial proteins, researchers reported Aug. 27 in the journal Science Translational Medicine.Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Aug. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — COVID-19 infection might increase a person’s risk of developing asthma, seasonal allergies and long-lasting sinus problems, a new study says. However, vaccination appears to reduce this risk, researchers report in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. “It is interesting to see thatContinue Reading