A home-based plan to ease kids' asthma symptoms works and may be cost-effective, a new study shows. The study included 800 children aged 5 to 11 with moderate to severe asthma. Most were black or ...

The environment children live in can often affect their pediatric asthma. The environment children live in can often affect their pediatric asthma. Researchers recently compared where children lived ...

We know asthma is a problem that starts when your child is exposed to a trigger. Identifying the triggers that affect your child the most is a crucial part of home treatment. Try to identify what sets ...

An important part of managing asthma is identifying and eliminating triggers that exacerbate the chronic condition. Forty percent of asthma episodes are caused by preventable triggers in the home, ...

Cleveland researchers have proven that many asthma attacks are preventable, and simple interventions can save $5,000 per patient per year. Ohio is lagging behind other states in taking advantage of ...

That tightness in your chest, the wheezing that wakes you at night, the inhaler that’s suddenly your constant companion. If your asthma symptoms have been intensifying lately, you’re not imagining ...

Part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2020 executive budget is a proposal to reduce asthma-related illnesses in children and adults by improving home energy performance and safety. The state Department of ...

Adults and older children with asthma can take objective measures of symptoms such as peak expiratory flow (PEF), the volume of airflow in one forced exhalation, at home. This provides a more complete ...

The prevalence of asthma is increasing, especially in children. In the United States, asthma affects approximately 22 million people. It is the most common chronic disease of childhood. Today, 6 ...

Results from a new national survey demonstrate that elevated allergen levels in the home are associated with asthma symptoms in allergic individuals. The study suggests that asthmatics that have ...