In addition to standard asthma tests, a sputum test may be ordered to look for white blood cells that are often increased with asthma. Sputum is a type of mucus coughed up from the lungs. Nocturnal ...

Methods Children aged 6–16 years with asthma were recruited into the Childhood Home Asthma Monitoring Study (CHAMP). Participants with >3 months data meeting the quality control criteria were included ...

Based on their findings, the researchers suggest a potential need for screening for coexisting sleep disorder symptoms in ...

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and, in the latter part of the 20th century, reached epidemic proportions. Asthma is generally believed to result from gene-environment ...

Canadian study reveals that women who undergo early menopause are less at risk for asthma than women who experience menopause ...

Increased Severity of Asthma Attacks Asthma is classified by severity based on how many attacks you have per week, how many nighttime awakenings you have per week, and how many times you have to use a ...

Waking up in the middle of the night unexpectedly is not pleasant. If it happens only occasionally, it probably doesn't ...

Study objective: To compare the safety of salmeterol xinafoate or placebo added to usual asthma care. Design: A 28-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, observational study.

Asthma is chronic. In other words, you live with it every day. It can be serious, even life-threatening. There is no cure for asthma, but it can be managed so you live a normal, healthy life. Speaker ...

The researchers ... Burning Incense Can Pose Health Risks for Those With Allergies and Asthma Oct. 24, 2024 — A new medically challenging case warns that, for those with allergies and asthma ...