As the number of people with allergies grows worldwide, scientists are trying to work out precisely how and why these ...

Evidence suggests that early exposure to family members, food, germs, dust, dirt, pollen, and pets shapes our immune response ...

A large international study found that early-life exposure to phthalates, common chemicals in plastics, is modestly ...

Individual expectations about one's health can influence future condition and speed of the progression of a disease: in fact, ...

Individual expectations about one's health can influence him/her future condition and the speed of the progression of a ...

On May 6, 2025, the Global Initiative For Asthma (GINA) published the 2025 update to their Global Strategy for Asthma ...

The ACT-PAM group got weekly 2-hour group sessions focused on structured routines and consistent behavioral expectations for managing asthma in children with ADHD, along with managing parenting ...

Using your blue inhaler more than two days a week may indicate poorly controlled asthma. Kotcha K/Shutterstock In 2019, the Global Initiative for Asthma, an independent not-for-profit organisation ...

Daily or weekly symptom tracking apps, peak flow monitoring with documented personal best values, and asthma control questionnaires like the Asthma Control Test (ACT) help quantify subtle shifts ...

Latino children had 55% (ACT) and 33% (HCP) asthma control improvements, with 62%, 81%, and 50% drops in emergency department, urgent care, and acute care visits, respectively, and a 40% decrease ...

The researchers found that percentage increases in well-controlled asthma were 37 percent and 56 percent via the Asthma Control Test (ACT) and health care provider (HCP) ratings, respectively ...

President Trump has ordered agencies to act “urgently” to curb asthma—a goal at odds with moves to roll back air pollution limits and with RFK, Jr., cutting CDC experts ...