For the study, researchers tracked 1,070 kids aged 12 to 18 who were overweight or obese and also had a diagnosis of asthma.

Cold weather and air pollution can worsen bronchial asthma. Here’s why winter triggers flare-ups and how patients can reduce ...

(Reuters Health) - Kids with asthma may struggle more in school when their symptoms aren't well-controlled, and minority students with this breathing disorder are more likely to fall behind than their ...

Asthma isn’t always a quick and easy diagnosis in children. According to a 2014 task force assembled by the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society, pediatric severe asthma can ...

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Millions of children have trouble controlling asthma attacks, leading to missed school days and scary trips to the emergency room. What if you could predict when a child will have an asthma attack and ...

To avoid asthma attacks, children with the respiratory disease shouldn't breathe indoor air that's contaminated by pollutants and allergens known to aggravate their symptoms, U.S. doctors advise.

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A recent survey shows that more than half of the five million American children with asthma don't have their symptoms under control and fall far short of national treatment goals. The survey also ...

Kids living in houses with cats, mice and cockroaches may have a lower risk of asthma, new research from Washington University shows. The researchers looked at 442 kids living in St. Louis, Baltimore, ...

SAN JOSE — Theresa Perry hesitated at first to send her son Michael to a weeklong summer camp geared toward helping kids learn how to manage their asthma. Perry felt that Michael, who was 9 at the ...

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