Individuals were more likely to have diabetes when a full sibling had asthma vs when a sibling did not have asthma. The link between asthma and type 2 diabetes (T2D) is not only due to body mass index ...

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has launched a website that provides information on eosinophilic asthma, a severe form of the disease. The site, AsthmaBehavingBadly.com, features cartoon depictions ...

On May 5, 2025, the Global Initiative For Asthma (GINA) published the 2026 update to their Global Strategy for Asthma ...

Asthma is a chronic respiratory illness that can get triggered by dust, pollens and other allergens. Allergic asthma is the condition in which asthma attacks specifically get precipitated by allergen ...

Can food allergies trigger asthma? Pulmonologist Dr Jalil Parkar explains the link between the two conditions, common ...

Genes are responsible for a lot, like whether you get your mom's eyes, your dad's nose or your grandma's curls. Genetic factors can also increase your odds of developing certain medical conditions, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Asthma patients who are black tend to have more severe disease than asthma patients who are white, leading to more asthma control problems, higher rates of emergency ...

May 21, 2007 -- The rise in cigarette use by adults over the past century may explain the asthma epidemic in children according to a study by researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health. The ...

Using publicly available datasets of human blood mRNA, researchers found commonalities in blood transcriptomic changes between severe asthma and mood disorder such as MDD and PTSD. Additionally, they ...

Depression and anxiety in the parents of children with asthma have been associated with increased clinic visits and asthma-related hospitalizations. Curbing depression among these caregivers improves ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children with asthma and obesity breathe at higher tidal volumes, which may increase the efficiency of ...

Does Asthma Run In Families? Like many health conditions, asthma has a genetic component. If one of your parents has asthma, you’re more likely to develop it—even in adulthood—and potentially pass it ...