Features Related to Asthma

1. Breathe Easily: Winter Asthma Advice
   

   As winter weather rolls in, so do colds and flu. But for those with asthma, it can be an especially stressful time of year because even a simple cold virus can trigger a major asthma event. "In asthma, the lungs are already irritable and more reactive. So any virus that impacts the lungs has a prope

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2. Asthma and Air Filters
   

   If you have asthma symptoms, an air filter or room air cleaner may or may not help you to breathe better.  The same is true for those with hay fever (allergic rhinosinusitis) or COPD (emphysema or chronic bronchitis). If you live with a smoker, an air filter or room air cleaner is likely to be helpf

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3. Learning to Live with Asthma
   

   By Denise Grady Two young brothers with the same chronic illness. One mother's struggle...and what she knows now about keeping her children healthy. When I first learned that my older son had asthma, I imagined that it would go away in a few weeks or months. I clung to that bit of denial, I guess, b

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4. Tracking Asthma Symptoms: Key to Control
   

   Asthma symptoms are like the weather -- they change often and may seem unpredictable. But also like the weather, careful tracking of asthma symptoms can help identify patterns and what they may say about your asthma control. Research has shown that tracking and rating your asthma symptoms are key st

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5. Treating Asthma: Personalized Medicine
   

   But it's not so straightforward for most people. Every case of asthma is different and the disease can take many forms. So each person's treatment needs to be different too. The medicines that work for your relative or your friend or your neighbor may not work for you. "Every person who has been dia

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6. Asthma Watch
   

   Rachael Moeller Gorman Can eating too much salt take your breath away? Ever since the 1930s, when a provocative study found a high-salt diet worsened asthma symptoms in children, researchers have speculated that our national appetite for salt is one reason asthma leaves more and more of us breathles

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7. Asthma: The Rescue Inhaler -- Now A Cornerstone Of Asthma Treatment
   

   When asthma symptoms are in high gear and the wheezing and coughing sets in, it's the inhaler to the rescue -- the rescue inhaler, to be exact. If you have asthma, your rescue inhaler should be among the first things you reach for when you leave the house, along with your wallet and car keys. How do

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8. Stress and Asthma
   

   When stress levels start to creep upward -- whether it's over bills, work, or your kids -- jam-packed calendar -- asthma symptoms can kick into overdrive. As the wheezing and coughing gets worse, your health becomes one more reason to worry. Asthma and anxiety make for a vicious circle, and one that

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9. The Athlete's Guide to Exercise-Induced Asthma
   

   From weekend warriors to superstars, all types of athletes experience exercise-induced asthma. They include world-class competitors like NFL star Jerome "The Bus" Bettis and six-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Amy Van Dyken. But just what is exercise-induced asthma, why does it happen, and how ca

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10. Holiday Asthma Triggers for Kids
    

    If your child’s rendition of “dashing through the snow” sounds more like, “wheezing through the snow,” you know the holidays are here. It’s that time of year again, when parents drag dusty decorations out of the basement, plop live trees laden with last summer’s mold and pollen in the middle of the

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