When it comes to the safety and well-being of those under your care, being prepared for emergencies is essential. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or caregiver, learning CPR and first aid can help ...

Severe asthma can have a devastating effect on sufferers, affecting their ability to work or go to school and to lead normal lives. It is difficult to treat because it is not a single disease entity.

(Reuters Health) - - Low-income children may have fewer asthma emergencies when their families receive housing subsidies that free up cash for health expenses, a U.S. study suggests. Among kids who ...

Diagnosed with asthma at 7, Liv Browning had spent her whole life fighting for air. So, when practitioners of a breathing method called Buteyko told her she was breathing too much, she didn't believe ...

Long-acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs), as add-on therapy to inhaled corticosteroids, improved peak forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and reduced exacerbations in children younger than ...

Unfortunately for asthma sufferers and those looking to develop new treatments to help them, animal models traditionally used to test potential new drugs don't always mimic human responses. Joining ...

An acid reflux drug often used for hard-to-treat asthma doesn't help children with the breathing disease and may cause side effects, a study in 300 children found. The results echo recent research ...

A newly discovered molecule provides a new drug target for controlling both asthma-induced muscle thickening and cancerous tumor growth. This molecule, called "microRNA-10a," normally helps genes ...