This case presents the initial diagnosis and treatment of asthma in a young adult, and illustrates several important challenges that can arise in these patients. First, many adults have a history ...

Questions remain on whether there are links between patients with asthma and RA, including heterogeneity of disease.

The research, conducted by Suat Konuk and colleagues from the Department of Chest Diseases, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal ...

Dr. L is a 52-year-old college professor with no significant medical history except for obesity (body mass index of 36). She reports occasional heartburn, which is self-medicated with over-the-counter ...

Children with mild to moderate asthma do not benefit from a common practice of increasing their inhaled steroids at the first signs of an asthma exacerbation, according to clinical trial results ...

Carol Stonham MBE, a Medical Advisory Board member, has conducted this study. Carol became a registered nurse in 1986 and transitioned to primary care from acute hospital settings by 1990. Currently, ...

Asthma affects 18% of children living on the Navajo nation - nearly double the 10.2% national average. Joncita Todechine, a mother of four who lives on the Navajo Nation, knows all too well what can ...

Objective—To examine the quantitative relation between exposure to isocyanates and occupational asthma, and to explore the role of atopy and smoking in occurrence of the disease. Method—A ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A girl had no history of cat allergy, atopic dermatitis or food allergy when she was bit on the back of her hand ...

On Jan. 4, a reporter posted a tweet about the harmful effects of household gas stoves. “A new study just found that 12.7% of childhood asthma is caused by gas stoves,” the tweet from Michael Thomas ...