Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the lungs. In a child with asthma, the airways are very sensitive, ...

Medically reviewed by Daniel More, MD Many people with asthma as children go into long periods of remission, with infrequent ...

Asthma is the most common medical diagnosis among hospitalized children. In the USA, asthma has accounted for approximately 15% of nonsurgical admissions to hospital in the pediatric age group.

"This causes recurrent episodes of coughing, wheezing, and chest tightness," says Dr. Laura Conrad, director of the Pediatric Asthma Center at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in New York.

Respiratory specialist nurse Holly-Louise Catlin reflects on child asthma deaths and how some groups of asthma sufferers are more at risk than others.

Regardless of sociodemographic or clinical characteristics, children with food allergy face a significant psychosocial burden ...

High Exposure to Everyday Chemicals During Pregnancy Linked to Asthma Risk in Children Nov. 19, 2024 — A new study sheds light on a potential link between exposure to certain everyday chemicals ...

High maternal daily caffeine intake led to a lower risk for asthma in children, according to study results.However, ...

A spike in asthma-related hospitalisations is expected as children flock through school gates for the start of a new year.

Asthma represents a substantial health burden in childhood globally, with minoritised populations being disproportionately impacted.1 Recent literature has increasingly linked social determinants of ...

With non-Hispanic white children as a reference, we looked at rates of eczema, food allergy, asthma, and allergic rhinitis — four of the most common allergic conditions — in close to 500,000 ...

A new study by researchers from the Brown University School of Public Health found that pregnant women are regularly excluded ...