In defense of the body: How the immune system protects us from harm [Features] HAYDEN, MARY LOU RN, MS, FNP-C, AE-C Allergy and Asthma Nurse Practitioner, Virginia Adult and Pediatric Allergy and Asthma, ...

According to a new publication by Harvard Health , having asthma increases your risk for a severe allergic reaction.

"Smoke-free legislation has clearly been good news for business and great news for people with asthma, who now have the freedom to go out and socialise in pubs and restaurants without the fear of a severe asthma attack."

Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking News Article Date: 06 Jun 2007 - 1:00 PDT Opinion research released on World No Tobacco Day 2007 by Asthma UK Scotland, shows that 33% of people with asthma - over 95,000 ...

The Utah Department of Health knows the signs and symptoms of an asthma attack. Tight chest, stuffy nose, sore throat.

BOSTON, June 15 Asthma is the single most important factor to increase the risk of death from anaphylaxis, or allergic shock, says a U.S. report.

Asthma, even a mild form, is the single most important factor that increases the risk of death from anaphylaxis .

"It's something we really want to find out and we really want to get people working on it"

Woods Cross and North Salt Lake have the state's highest incidence of childhood asthma.

It was spring of 1995, and for a third-grader at Highlands Elementary School in San Mateo, this meant one important thing: the jog-a-thon fundraiser.

"People are often surprised to find out that approximately 60 percent of asthma patients have allergic asthma"

An estimated 60 percent of asthma patients have allergic asthma, a type of asthma that is set off by allergens such as dust mites, pet dander, pollen, mold spores or cockroaches.

I've read on websites about asthma that sodium benzoate can trigger asthmatic
symptoms.  I never heard of it damaging DNA.  I wonder if that's the reason why
Coca-Cola does that to me.  It never used to, but then one day it started to,
so I had to give it up.  Is there a cola without sodium benzoate in it?

Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma News Article Date: 06 Jun 2007 - 1:00 PDT According to the Global Initiative for Asthma , the goal of asthma treatment is for patients to achieve and maintain control of ...

"We found that uncontrolled asthma is highly prevalent in patients using standard asthma medications"

A survey of 1,812 patients with moderate-to-severe asthma revealed that the disease was not controlled in 55 percent, despite the fact that most had health insurance and visited their health care providers ...

AstraZeneca Launches New Advance In Asthma Treatment - Symbicort Maintenance And Reliever Therapy Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma News Article Date: 04 Jun 2007 - 1:00 PDT AstraZeneca today announced the UK ...

"In order to increase the impact of EU public health policy on major diseases such as asthma it appears appropriate to reconsider the current approach and return to more disease-specific initiatives."

Led by British MEP Liz Lynne, medical experts and representatives of relevant patient and professional associations today called on the European Commission and the Council to recognise asthma as a serious ...

"We applaud our marketing partner's success in securing FDA approval of the only twice-daily leukotriene synthesis inhibitor for asthma"

Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma News Article Date: 06 Jun 2007 - 19:00 PDT Dey, L.P. has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the New Drug Application of its marketing partner, ...

"People don't generally die of an asthma attack when they go to the hospital"

A report from the St. Louis Fire Department said a delay in allowing paramedics into the city jail and "substandard" emergency care may have contributed to the death of an inmate who suffered an asthma attack, ...

"It's probably dose-related, and the children drink more of the content from apples through juice than by eating the fruit."

Drinking apple juice could halve the risk of developing asthma, say researchers.

"Our results highlight the critical need for improved asthma care and suggest that clinicians should expect a high rate of uncontrolled disease among their asthma patients."

A survey of 1,812 patients with moderate-to-severe asthma revealed that the disease was not controlled in 55 percent, despite the fact that most had health insurance and visited their health care providers ...

"Even more shocking was the finding that 38 percent of controlled asthmatics and 54 percent of uncontrolled asthmatics reported having had an asthma attack during which they feared for their life"

By DR. KAREN DENTE UPI Medical Contributor Spring is in full bloom, at least here in New York, and the sun-drenched days are visibly beckoning people outdoors.

If you enjoy listening to web audio and you want to hear from some allergy and asthma experts, you might be interested in taking a listen to this "round table" type of podcast from Revolution Health , featuring ...