Sometimes the story can be told in statistics. India accounts for 13% of the global population, yet it accounts for 42% of global asthma mortality. Around 35 million Indians are thought to be living ...

Individuals were more likely to have diabetes when a full sibling had asthma vs when a sibling did not have asthma. The link between asthma and type 2 diabetes (T2D) is not only due to body mass index ...

Asthma is one of the most common lung diseases in the world, affecting some 262 million people worldwide and causing more than 450,000 deaths annually, per the World Health Organization. While ...

Does Asthma Run In Families? Like many health conditions, asthma has a genetic component. If one of your parents has asthma, you’re more likely to develop it—even in adulthood—and potentially pass it ...

Credit: Getty Images The GINA 2024 asthma update includes new guidance on medications, monitoring, treatment goals, remission, cough variant asthma, children, and more. The Global Initiative for ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Asthma patients who are black tend to have more severe disease than asthma patients who are white, leading to more asthma control problems, higher rates of emergency ...

Study finds indoor asthma triggers such as smoking, poor ventilation, and mould are strongly linked to worse symptoms and daily limitations.

Study finds that asthma in children is linked to memory difficulties, with earlier onset potentially exacerbating the impact and extending to executive function challenges. Study: Asthma and Memory ...

Children exposed to high levels of fine particulate matter and water damage/home dampness in their early life had a heightened risk for childhood asthma, according to data published in Environmental ...

Asthma is worsening under the effects of climate change, such as air pollution and pollen production, especially for underserved populations. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways, ...

Holi is a festival of colours, happiness, and unity; however, for asthmatics and people with respiratory allergies, the festival may sometimes be a health hazard. Exposure to coloured powders, smoke, ...