SAN DIEGO — Asthma afflicts 8.1% of school-age children in the United States and is a leading cause of missed school and work. Having stock inhalers […]

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Three weeks to the day after being admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis is still struggling to shake off the double pneumonia […]

SAN DIEGO — Antibiotics given during infancy produce short-term changes in the nasal microbiome that raise the risk for childhood asthma by 30%, suggested two posters […]

SAN DIEGO — Obesity not only raises a person’s risk for asthma but also worsens symptoms and responses to standard controller medications. Yet most physicians fail […]

Sleep affects multiple physiological systems; however, a comprehensive overview has not yet been reported. A study published in Nature Medicine analyzed sleep characteristics in adults and […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Sales of unauthorised, flavoured disposable vapes in the United States amounted to around $2.4 billion in 2024, or 35% of the e-cigarettes from […]

Lung development and function is notoriously difficult to study. Both are affected by a range of environmental factors, such as first- and second-hand smoke, air pollution, […]

Individuals with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were more vulnerable than healthy controls to epithelial cell changes caused by microplastics exposure, based on data […]