Researchers at Duke University Medical Center appear to have solved at least a piece of a puzzle that has mystified physicians for years: why so many patients with asthma also suffer from GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux disease. Clinicians first noted a relationship between the two diseases in the mid-1970s. Since then, studies have shown that anywhere from [...]

Do you often have itchy, running nose? Then you might be probably suffering with nasal allergy. Whenever the nasal cavities of your nose are exposed to any kind of potential allergic triggers, you possibly experience these kinds of allergic symptoms. Your body significantly shields you from many things like bacteria and several kinds [...]

When it comes to allergies, both the problem and the solution are found within us. Our immune systems respond to foreign substances with an arsenal of cells. Some are programmed to “remember” invaders they’ve encountered in the past. Normally, anything previously identified as harmless is allowed to pass. Sometimes, however, the immune response goes awry, triggering an allergic reaction. Now, [...]

U.S. researchers reported that a bacteria only recently revealed as a major cause of ulcers and stomach cancer may help protect children from developing asthma. Children infected with the bacteria, called Helicobacter pylori, were much less likely to have asthma than uninfected children, they reported. The findings suggest that absence of H. pylori [...]

Asthma is triggered by many reasons, but the most common one is stress. It is actually believed by many researchers that stress exacerbates many respiratory problems including asthma. When you have asthma and stress together, you can experience short of breath, anxiousness and even at times you can feel more panicked at [...]

According to the study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, mothers who take fish oil supplements during the last trimester of their pregnancy[Pregnancy Trimester] could be reducing the risk of their child going on to develop asthma. The research traced the children born to mothers who had taken part in a trial conducted in1990. In [...]

Delaying the introduction of cow’s milk may increase, rather than decrease, the risk that a child will develop allergies in the first 2 years of life, researchers from the Netherlands report. They note that one of the most widely recommended allergy prevention strategies is delaying the introduction of milk and solid foods into the infant’s diet. [...]

Did you ever found yourself suffering with shortness of breath or fatigue without any specific cause? Then you might be suffering with sick building syndrome. If you live or work in a house that has been flooded with any other polluted condition or sustained water damage, then you can experience these strange [...]

Babies born by Cesarean section may have a moderately increased risk of developing asthma compared with those born naturally, Norwegian researchers report after investigating this link in a population-wide study. Dr. Mette C. Tollanes, of the University of Bergen, in Norway, and colleagues looked at the modes of delivery among more than 1.7 million single births [...]

Children whose immune systems rebound after treatment with potent anti-viral drugs for HIV infection face an increased risk of developing asthma, said a federally funded consortium of researchers led by those from Baylor College of Medicine in a new report. Important immune system components called CD4 cells increase in children treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy,” [...]