According to new research, children with asthma whose parents have high expectations for their ability to function normally, are less likely to have symptoms than other children dealing with the condition. A new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Boston University, has found parents’ expectations and perceptions are key factors [...]

Do you suffer from allergies? When you or any member of your family suffers from an allergy, it is essential to consider certain preventative steps to remove the obvious sources of allergens from your house. The flooring of your house, in particular, has a definite impact on your allergy symptoms. So you [...]

There was redness and itching, some blisters and oozing. Something wasn’t right with Dr. Michael Rosenthal’s patient, a woman in her mid-50s. The inflammation around her scalp pointed to some type of allergic reaction, but the patient wasn’t sure what had caused it. “Have you put anything new on your hair or head?” Rosenthal asked her. She said [...]

The level of knowledge and understanding of children with food allergies varies significantly across three key groups: pediatricians and family physicians, the general public and families who have a child with food allergies. The research group, led by Ruchi Gupta, MD MPH, found that misconceptions around food allergy are prevalent among the general public; parents have [...]

A chronic lung disease which makes breathing difficult and often frightening, asthma can be fatal condition if left untreated. Did you know that taking medications which are generally prescribed for asthma actually result in acid reflux? However, the good news is that if you follow a healthy diet and take regular exercise along [...]

Swimming in outdoor chlorinated pools appears to increase the odds a child will develop asthma, Belgian researchers said. Asthma, which affects more than 300 million people worldwide, is the most common pediatric chronic illness. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing and chest tightness. Other studies have linked chlorine and asthma but the new findings cast doubt [...]

If you have respiratory allergies, you have an environmental problem: There’s something in the air that makes you sniffle, sneeze, stuff up or wheeze. And growing evidence suggests your problem may be linked with the biggest environmental problem of all: global climate change. That may be especially true for pollen sufferers. Tree, grasses and weeds (including the [...]

While autumn is a beautiful, temperate time of the year when trees turn to a reddish brown and start to shed their leaves, it can be an irritating time for the sufferers of seasonal allergies. For these unfortunates, the season means watery eyes, itchy skin, runny nose, itchy nose, sneezing, coughing and [...]

Infants who have been given the common pain reliever paracetamol may have a higher risk of developing asthma and eczema by the time they are 6 or 7, a large study covering children in 31 countries has found. The findings were published in the journal Lancet together with two other studies, which found that runny noses [...]

Among children who have a parent with allergies or asthma, delivery cesarean section appears to increase the odds that they will develop allergic rhinitis and atopy — but not asthma — US researchers report. The investigators note that to the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to look at the [...]