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 ...
The didgeridoo - a traditional wind instrument of the Australian aboriginal people - might just help your lung function.
Australian scientists studied a group of 10 aboriginal boys over a six month period. Each boy had weekly didgeridoo lessons. The study found that regularly playing this traditional instrument improved both ...
New research shows what most parents have already suspected: winter weather can increase asthma attacks for kids.
The problem is that the cold air can help to cause inflammation in the airways. As asthma already is a condition of inflammation in the airways, cold means double trouble, making it even more ...
It's still early in the flu season - so it's possible that things could still go badly. However, the data out of the southern hemisphere says that all the noise about "swine flu" is pretty much without merit.
The data speak for themselves. While almost 36,000 deaths are ...
If you have a life-threatening egg allergy - and react to even minute traces - the swine flu vaccine may not be for you.
Dr David Butler-Jones, Canada's chief medical officer, says that if you have egg allergies, get vaccinated under the supervision of your allergist. In some cases, allergists ...
