When children or adolescents with asthma and their parents become overly anxious about the disorder, it may impair their ability to manage the asthma effectively. A new, effective tool to assess…

Statement of Linda S. Birnbaum, Ph.D., director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and National Toxicology Program; Susan B. Shurin, M.D., acting director, National Heart, Lung, and…

Spring is here, and with the warmer weather comes discomfort for many allergy and asthma sufferers. But Fred Pescatore, M.D., the acclaimed…

A new study published in Clinical & Experimental Allergy reveals that there is no association between a restaurant worker’s knowledge of food allergy and his or her…

It sounds unbelievably simple but it’s true – a written action plan for asthma treatment, attached to the drug prescription, improves asthma control in children. “Acute care visits…

Young adults who were born very premature may have an increased risk of asthma, a report published Monday suggests.

The study, of more than 600,000 Swedish adults born in…

Some 3 million children in the United States have some form of food allergy, ranging in severity from mild to life-threatening. Milk allergy…

Stephen J. Teach, MD, MPH, Medical Director and Principal Investigator of IMPACT DC, a program of pediatric asthma care and research at Children’s National Medical…

A breakthrough by scientists at The University of Nottingham could provide hope for any allergy sufferers who have ever had to choose between their health and their household pet.

The…

People with the digestive disorder known as celiac disease are more likely to develop another disorder involving the immune system: asthma, according to a new study.

Specifically, a group of European researchers…

While nearly four in five people know allergies are serious, only one in five realize that allergists are the doctors who specialize in treating…

Many people with asthma or emphysema could be taking their inhaled medicines incorrectly, researchers say.

When they asked 100 adults hospitalized for asthma or a lung disease like emphysema to…

The more allergies one has, the lower the risk of developing low- and high-grade glioma, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the…

Peanut allergies may be less common than previously believed, according to a new study based on allergy diagnoses in England.

However, the study also found that while the proportion of…

If you think histamines are your nemesis during allergy season, here’s something that might change your perspective. New research published in the Journal of…

An international team of lung experts has new evidence from a study in shantytowns near Lima, Peru, that teens living immediately next to a busy roadway have increased…

A New Year’s resolution to get in shape is good news for your health. But if you have allergies or asthma, the hidden triggers at the gym may…

The first frost often brings welcome relief from hay fever and the symptoms caused by outdoor allergens. But coming in…

Shea butter is in everything from diaper cream to tissue paper, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers shea nuts - from which the butter derives - to be…

Nasal congestion can be a sign of severe asthma, which means that healthcare professionals should be extra vigilant when it comes to nasal complaints. Furthermore, more severe asthma appears to be…

Scientists investigating the allergic reactions that asthmatics suffer towards a common mould have discovered that many people with asthma actually had the mould growing in their own lungs.

The research led…

Even brushing your teeth or waiting hours after eating may not prevent some partners of people with…

Complementary and alternative medicine may give allergy and asthma sufferers new options for treating symptoms, according to allergists at the annual scientific meeting…

Only half of people with peanut or tree nut allergies know what the nut they are allergic to looks like, according to a study presented at the American College…

Researchers find inhaled corticosteroid and long-acting beta agonist (ICS/LABA) combination products are commonly used by patients with mild asthma, despite the lack of evidence or guidelines for such use.

A new study presented…