Exercise-induced asthma is a real concern for athletes competing at the Olympics. Add to that the fact that this medical condition is more common in cold climates, and the Winter Olympics is a prime location for these kinds of asthma attacks. Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen has asthma but ...

There is bad news for asthma and food allergy sufferers. It looks like the chemical lobbyists may just have gotten to the Obama administration: federal regulators have delayed action on Bisphenol A (BPA). Notes from the most recent meeting with the American Chemistry Council indicate that the industry said that ...

Most people don't often think about magnesium. It's not one of those minerals that we monitor in standard blood tests for deficiency. However, it could be important for your general health and to help to decrease your risk of allergic disease, including asthma and other allergic conditions. New research shows ...

Allergic parents often worry about how to introduce foods to their babies, given that the tendency to allergies runs in families. This has led to the advice to focus on the least allergenic grain - rice - as baby's first cereal. New research out of the UK, however, shows that ...

Turns out that you can use your iPod to help you manage your asthma, while also collecting aggregate research data. AsthmaMD was created by A.M. Pejham (a physician) and Salim Madjd. The application lets these two researchers keep a diary of asthma attacks, medications used, etc. At the same time, ...