ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel said the drugs Serevent and Foradil shouldn't be used for treating asthma.
NASHVILLE, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Children who are born four months before the height of cold and flu season have a greater risk of developing childhood asthma, U.S. researchers suggest.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Scientists say a gene variant that raises the risk of childhood asthma in European children has a similar effect on white U.S. children but not blacks.
BERGEN, Norway, June 20 (UPI) -- Norwegian researchers say compared to children born naturally, babies born by a planned Caesarean section have a 40-percent increased risk of asthma.
DARWIN, Australia, May 12 (UPI) -- Asthma education programs tailored for ethnic minority groups can help improve asthma sufferers' quality of life, Australian researchers suggest.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 12 (UPI) -- Poor indoor air quality can aggravate allergies and asthma, and can be up to five times as harmful as outdoor air pollution, a U.S. health organization said.
CINCINNATI, May 1 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest taking advantage of any visit to the doctor as an opportunity to control the asthma of a teenager.
BOSTON, March 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests a small dose of aspirin every other day may cut a woman's risk of developing asthma.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests that farm women who have contact with some commonly known pesticides have a greater risk than others of allergic asthma.
NOTTINGHAM, England, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Scientists at Britain's University of Nottingham have received nearly $2.5 million to explore causes and possible treatments for respiratory diseases.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 15 (UPI) -- A protein measured in a simple blood test may be a new biomarker to identify patients with severe asthma, a team of U.S. and French researchers found.
EDMONTON, Alberta, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A University of Alberta study found farm children have a lower risk of asthma than their urban counterparts.
BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- European researchers say using household cleaning sprays and air fresheners as little as once a week increases the risk of asthma in adults.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- A U.S. study discovered signs of exercise-induced asthma in more than one-third of college athletes assessed for breathing problems.
LONDON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- About 250,000 children in Britain are getting the wrong asthma treatment because doctors are ignoring prescribing guidelines, Australian researchers found.
