Asthma

  • Heightened Immunity to Colds Makes Asthma Flare-Ups Worse
    People often talk about "boosting" their immunity to prevent and fight colds. Nutritional supplements, cold remedies and fortified foods claim to stave off colds by augmenting the immune system. A new University of Michigan study shows this strategy might actually be ...More
    June 16, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Why Does Flu Trigger Asthma?
    When children with asthma get the flu, they often land in the hospital gasping for air. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have found a previously unknown biological pathway explaining why influenza induces asthma attacks. Studies in a mouse model, published online ...More
    May 27, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Study Evaluates Parents' Reluctance to Vaccinate Asthmatic Kids
    Concern over vaccine safety is one of the primary factors preventing parents from having their asthmatic children vaccinated for influenza, according to Michigan researchers. Parents who do not vaccinate their children are also less likely to view flu as a "trigger" for ...More
    May 13, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Asthma Linked to Bacterial Communities in the Airway
    Asthma may have a surprising relationship with the composition of the species of bacteria that inhabit bronchial airways, a finding that could suggest new treatment or even potential cures for the common inflammatory disease, according to a new UCSF-led study. Using new ...More
    February 17, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Study Shows How Flu Infections May Prevent Asthma
    In a paper that suggests a new strategy to prevent asthma, scientists at Children's Hospital Boston and their colleagues report that the influenza virus infection in young mice protected the mice as adults against the development of allergic asthma. The same protective ...More
    December 13, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Asthma a Risk Factor for Pneumonia in Children with Influenza
    Children with asthma are at increased risk of developing pneumonia as a complication of influenza, reports a study in the July issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. ...More
    July 7, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Bacteria in Household Dust May Help or Hinder Childhood Asthma
    Bacterial populations found in household dust may determine whether or not a child living in that home develops asthma according to research published in the April 2010 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.Recent studies have shown household dust to ...More
    April 15, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Allergies Blamed on Excessive Cleanliness
    Allergies have become a widespread in developed countries: hay fever, eczema, hives and asthma are all increasingly prevalent. The reason? Excessive cleanliness is to blame according to Dr. Guy Delespesse, a professor at the Université de Montréal Faculty of ...More
    April 13, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Identify Immune Cells That Fight Parasites May Promote Allergies and Asthma
    Millions of people in both the developing and developed world may benefit from new immune-system research findings from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. The Penn Vet researchers, studying how the immune system operates, have discovered a ...More
    March 11, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Asthma a Significant Risk Factor for Complications in Children with H1N1
    A new study on pediatric H1N1 influenza admissions has found that asthma is a significant risk factor for severe disease in children with pandemic H1N1 compared with the seasonal flu. The study, led by researchers from the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, ...More
    November 20, 2009
    Posted in News
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