Causes of Asthma

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Asthma
Asthma is a chronic lung disease characterized by tight airways -- a result of airway hyper-responsiveness. »

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Inhaler Use for Asthma
The death rate from asthma has increased 46% in the last decade, in spite of treatment advances. A major cause of this... »

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A Gift from the EPA
The percentage of people with asthma has doubled in the last decade, and quadrupled since 1973. Asthma has become the... »
A New Test For Asthma
Part of the problem in asthma is airway tightening (often treated with albuterol); part of the problem is inflammation... »
Air Pollution, Asthma, and Lung Damage
We know that children who live in areas with excess air pollution have higher rates of asthma and other lung diseases... »
Asthma and Reflux
If your child has asthma, you should consider whether your child might also have reflux. More evidence of the... »
Asthma, Diabetes Related?
Children with type 1 diabetes are less likely to get asthma, eczema, or hayfever. And the reverse is true, that those... »
Common Fumes Cause Asthma?
Could it be that how you clean or how you decorate your home might influence whether your child develops asthma? Could... »
Crippling Our Children
What can take otherwise vibrant, healthy teens and permanently give them the lung capacities of 50-year-olds? Air... »
Diet Influences Asthma Risk
Kids’ changing diets may be, in part, responsible for the worldwide increase in asthma. A study published in the... »