Turns out that the most common drug for lowering cholesterol may also be able to help with your asthma control; we may soon see statins in use for asthma control. Statin drugs reduce the presence of cholesterol (also called lipids) in your blood stream. For adult asthma patients, statins also seem ...

A new study published in the Journal of Asthma shows that a daily dose of magnesium could improve lung function. Lung function is a critical marker for anyone with asthma. After taking magnesium, asthma patients had an increased lung capacity by 6 per cent over a control group given a ...

Researchers have found that parents are waiting to treat their children's asthma attacks - even when they can tell that an attack is about to occur. Results of the study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine make it clear that parents are missing the chance to stop an ...

It seems that when patients from the inner city make use of alternative medicine as part of their approach to managing asthma, they may not use their prescriptions as directed. Unfortunately, new research shows that this may actually result in poorer outcomes in terms of disease management. The study, published ...

Even in a healthy person, very cold air can cause spasms in your airways. These spasms can make it harder to breath. That same mechanism can cause an asthma attack. If cold weather does prompt breathing difficulties, get checked out by a health professional. Asthma is often diagnosed for the ...