Novel Dust Mite Vaccine on Its Way
If you’re one of the 20 million Americans with an allergy to house dust mites, then you probably know that relief can sometimes be found with allergy shots, also known as immunotherapy. But signing up...
View ArticleUrine Test Predicts Asthma in Kids
A researcher with the AllerGen research network in Canada is hoping a urine test he’s developing will turn the grey area of diagnosing asthma into simple black and white. Asthma can be tricky for a...
View ArticleNew Cat Allergy Vaccine Set for Its Big Test
A new study aims to take a huge leap forward against one of the most potent allergy and asthma triggers: the house cat. Up to 1,200 patients are enrolling in an international study to evaluate a new...
View ArticleBPA Exposure Linked to Asthma Risk in Kids
Excerpted from a new release from the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health. NEW YORK (March 1, 2013) — Researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health at the...
View ArticleAsthma Gene Change Linked to Air Pollution
Researchers have found found a new link between certain air pollutants and a change to our DNA that worsens asthma symptoms – and could even lead to new cases of the disease. “We’ve shown that the gene...
View ArticleAlcohol Reactions with Asthma linked to Aspirin
Asthma symptoms from wine and alcohol have long been a mystery, but new research, presented at the 2013 AAAAI conference, sheds some light on why they occur. Researchers have discovered that most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When School is an Asthma Danger Zone
With strong evidence that schools close to highways are setting off asthma attacks in kids, this 2011 Allergic Living magazine article asks: Isn’t it time urban planners added the issue to their...
View ArticleAsthma Capitals 2013: Virginia Takes the Top ‘Honor’
Richmond, Virginia has been selected as 2013’s most challenging place to live for people with asthma in the United States. In May, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) released its...
View ArticleAsthma Impacts Kids’ Sleep, Grades
Asthma symptoms can have a highly detrimental effect on both sleep quality and school performance in children living in urban areas says a recent study. The findings of this continuing study, which so...
View ArticleGinger May Have New Role in Asthma Control
Researchers at Columbia University in New York have demonstrated for the first time that using components of ginger with regular asthma medication may be far more effective than using the medication on...
View ArticleGenes May Predict Persistent Asthma
A new study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine suggests that it may be possible to predict whose asthma will persist into adulthood by examining genes. By looking at data from a 40-year long...
View ArticleADHD Linked to Asthma, Allergies
A study recently published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology identifies a link between allergies, asthma and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. Researchers in...
View ArticleMiddle-Aged Women at Higher Risk for Asthma Hospitalization
A new study suggests that women aged 40 to 60 with asthma are admitted to hospital more than twice as often as males in the same age group. Drawing on a decade’s worth of data from the National...
View ArticleHigh Fiber Diet May Reduce Asthma Symptoms
A new study published in Nature Medicine suggests that eating a high-fiber diet may help reduce lung inflammation associated with asthma. In their study in mice, scientists in Switzerland discovered...
View ArticleHay Fever May Reduce Heart Attack Risk
As a potential upside to having allergic rhinitis, research shows the condition might lower a person’s risk of having a heart attack. “Other research in the field has studied the relationship between...
View ArticleCan Soy, Peas & Flax Ease Asthma & Allergies?
Phytoestrogens, estrogen-like chemicals found in some plants, could play a role in preventing or even treating allergies and asthma, according to a large study presented at the annual meeting of the...
View ArticleRichmond Tops List as 2014′s ‘Leading’ Asthma Capital
Just in time for World Asthma Day – May 6, 2014 – the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America has released the latest iteration of its annual Asthma Capitals list. The list is a ranking of the largest...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Broadway Star Kristin Chenoweth on Her Asthma
Kristin Chenoweth We know Kristin Chenoweth as a Broadway star and series regular on TV’s Glee, but who would have thought the actress and singer with such a big, beautiful voice would have asthma?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
EPA: Power Plant Pollution Plan Will Curb Asthma
Thinkstock The U.S. Environmental Protection agency predicts that its stringent new rules for power plant emissions will prevent up to 150,000 asthma attacks in children and up to 3,300 heart attacks...
View Article
