Asthma News

June 26, 2025

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Invisible ID: How a Single Breath Could Reveal Your Health—and Your Identity

June 13, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that your breathing pattern is as unique as a fingerprint and it may reveal more than just your identity. Using a 24-hour wearable device, researchers achieved nearly 97% ...

People With Critical Cardiovascular Disease May Benefit from Palliative Care

May 16, 2025 — Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on easing symptoms, addressing psychological and spiritual needs, and helping patients and caregivers make critical decisions aligned with their ...

Study Links Childhood Trauma to Increased Substance Use and Unexpected Effects on Heart Rate and Blood Pressure in Adolescents

May 4, 2025 — Childhood trauma significantly increases the likelihood of engaging in harmful alcohol consumption, smoking and illicit drug use, by the age of ...

Study Identifies New Method for Improving Lung Growth and Function in Preterm Infants

Apr. 18, 2025 — A clinical trial conducted in a neonatal intensive care unit has identified a new treatment protocol to improve lung growth and function among preterm ...

Highly Accurate Blood Test Diagnoses Alzheimer's Disease, Measures Extent of Dementia

Mar. 31, 2025 — A newly developed blood test for Alzheimer's disease not only aids in the diagnosis of the neurodegenerative condition but also indicates how far it has progressed, according to a new ...

Global Warming Can Lead to Inflammation in Human Airways, New Research Shows

Mar. 18, 2025 — In a recent, cross-institutional study partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers report that healthy human airways are at higher risk for dehydration and inflammation when ...

Routine Asthma Test More Reliable in the Morning and Has Seasonal Effects, Say Doctors

Mar. 12, 2025 — A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming less reliable throughout the day, researchers have found. Using real world data from 1,600 patients, available ...

Stopping Asthma in Its Tracks

Feb. 19, 2025 — New therapeutic 'cocktails' may provide long-lasting relief for treatment-resistant asthma and other immune system inflammatory ...

Childhood Epilepsy May Predispose to Memory Disorders Later in Life

Jan. 22, 2025 — Researchers demonstrated that individuals who had childhood epilepsy have an increased accumulation of brain amyloid later in life, potentially predisposing them to late-onset brain amyloid disorders, such as Alzheimer's ...

Risk of Domestic Abuse Increases Over Time for Those Exposed to Childhood Maltreatment

Jan. 6, 2025 — The risk of experiencing intimate partner violence may accumulate over time among people who experienced childhood maltreatment when they were younger, finds a new ...

New Scan Method Unveils Lung Function Secrets

Dec. 25, 2024 — A new method of scanning lungs is able to show in real time how air moves in and out of the lungs as people take a breath in patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and patients who have received a lung transplant. It ...

How a New Gut Microbe Drives the Gut-Lung Axis

Dec. 19, 2024 — A team has discovered a new communication pathway between the gut and lung. Their findings highlight how a little-known member of the gut microbiome reshapes the lung immune environment to have both beneficial and detrimental effects on respiratory ...

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First New Treatment for Asthma Attacks in 50 Years

Nov. 29, 2024 — A recent trial finds an injection given during some asthma and COPD attacks is more effective than the current treatment of steroid tablets, reducing the need for further treatment by ...

Neuroscientists Discover How the Brain Slows Anxious Breathing

Nov. 19, 2024 — Scientists discovered a brain circuit that allows us to regulate voluntary breathing, which connects the brain's emotional and behavioral cortical area to its automatic breathing brainstem area. The ...

Researchers Develop Robotic Sensory Cilia That Monitor Internal Biomarkers to Detect and Assess Airway Diseases

Nov. 7, 2024 — Mechanical engineers have developed a system of artificial cilia capable of monitoring mucus conditions in human airways to better detect infection, ...

Women With Asthma Are More Likely to Miscarry and Need Fertility Treatment

Sep. 10, 2024 — Women who are being treated for asthma are more likely to miscarry and need fertility treatment to get pregnant, according to a large study. However, the study also suggests that most women with ...

Experimental Blood Test Predicts Risk for Developing COPD, Other Severe Respiratory Diseases

Sep. 10, 2024 — A scientific team has created a preclinical blood test to identify adults most likely to develop severe respiratory conditions, including chronic ...

Engineers Design Lookalike Drug Carrier to Evade Lung's Lines of Defense

Aug. 22, 2024 — Managing hard-to-treat respiratory illnesses like asthma and pulmonary fibrosis just got easier if a new drug-carrying molecule is as sneaky as its inventors ...

COPD and BPD: Inhalation of Live Lactobacilli Lessens Lung Inflammation and Improves Lung Function

Aug. 22, 2024 — In preclinical models, the inhalation of a mixture of living Lactobacilli bacteria attenuated pulmonary inflammation and improved lung function and ...

Recurrent Wheezing in Children Linked to 'Silent' Viral Infections

Aug. 9, 2024 — Nearly a quarter of children with recurrent wheezing have 'silent' lung infections that would be better treated with antiviral medications than commonly prescribed steroids that can carry lifelong ...

Scientists Capture Immune Cells Hidden in Nasal Passages

July 31, 2024 — Scientists uncover 'striking' immune cell populations poised to fight SARS-CoV-2 in upper ...

Common Blood Tests Could Improve Cancer Diagnosis for People With Stomach Pain or Bloating

July 31, 2024 — A new study looked at data from more than 400,000 people aged 30 or older in the UK who had visited a GP due to stomach pain and more than 50,000 who ...

Clinical Trial Shows Positive Results for Potential Treatment to Combat a Challenging Rare Disease

Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated that inebilizumab reduced the risk of symptoms by 87 percent in patients with the rare affliction known as immunoglobulin G4-related disease ...

Cystic Fibrosis: School-Aged Children Benefit from Triple Combination Therapy

July 10, 2024 — Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease that so far has been incurable. Those affected have thick, viscous mucus secretions in their lungs, and lung function diminishes steadily over time. Today, ...

Air Pollution Exposure During Childhood Linked Directly to Adult Bronchitis Symptoms

June 28, 2024 — A research team has shown that exposure to air pollution during childhood is directly associated with bronchitis symptoms as an adult. To date, many investigations have established air pollution ...

Study Identifies First Drug Therapy for Sleep Apnea

June 21, 2024 — An international study shows new drug improves sleep, health in patients diagnosed with obesity and sleep ...

15-Day Paxlovid Regimen Safe but Adds No Clear Long-COVID Benefit, Trial Finds

June 7, 2024 — Paxlovid, effective in preventing severe COVID-19, didn't appear to help long-COVID patients in this single-center study. But further research may show benefits with different doses or for ...

Childhood Maltreatment Responsible for Up to 40 Percent of Mental Health Conditions

May 8, 2024 — A study has found the widespread impact of child abuse and neglect, with analysis suggesting they cause nearly half of common mental conditions. Researchers say childhood maltreatment should be ...

Researchers Identify Causal Genetic Variant Linked to Common Childhood Obesity

May 1, 2024 — Researchers have identified a causal genetic variant strongly associated with childhood obesity. The study provides new insight into the importance of the hypothalamus of the brain and its role in ...

Economic Burden of Childhood Verbal Abuse by Adults Estimated at $300 Billion Globally

Apr. 11, 2024 — Childhood verbal abuse by adults costs society an estimated $300 billion a year globally, show recent ...

Disparities in Sleep Health and Insomnia May Begin at a Young Age

Apr. 8, 2024 — Children and teens from racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by persistent insomnia symptoms that begin in childhood and continue through young adulthood, according to a ...

Discovery of How Limiting Damage from an Asthma Attack Could Stop Disease

Apr. 4, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a new cause for asthma that sparks hope for treatment that could prevent the life-threatening ...

Sleep Apnea Solution Could Be Right Under Your Nose

Mar. 15, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that a bedtime nasal spray has the potential to reduce the severity of sleep apnea in people and lower their blood pressure. The new research offers hope to millions of ...

Study Shows Important Role Gut Microbes Play in Airway Health in Persons With Cystic Fibrosis

Mar. 13, 2024 — Findings from a new study reflect the important role that the gut microbiome (communities of bacteria) plays in the airway health of persons with cystic ...

Multiple Air Pollutants Linked to Asthma Symptoms in Children

Mar. 13, 2024 — Exposure to several combinations of toxic atmospheric pollutants may be triggering asthma symptoms among children, a recent analysis suggests. The study showed that 25 different combinations of air ...

How the Body Copes With Airway Closure

Mar. 6, 2024 — Study in mice reveals novel gasping reflex triggered by cells in the lungs when the airway is ...

New Study May Broaden the Picture of the Consequences of Childhood Adversity

Mar. 6, 2024 — A research team has examined the link between adverse childhood experiences and the risk of mental health problems later in life. The researchers have found that the risk of suffering from mental ...

Link Between Adversity, Psychiatric and Cognitive Decline

Mar. 1, 2024 — Scientists have been examining the relationship between childhood adversity, and psychiatric decline as well as adult adversity and psychiatric and cognitive ...

Avid Appetite in Childhood Linked to Later Eating Disorder Symptoms

Feb. 20, 2024 — The study looked at survey data from 3,670 young people in the UK and the Netherlands to investigate how appetite traits in early childhood might relate to the likelihood of developing eating ...

Anabolic Steroid Use Can Increase Heart Disease Risk, Study Finds

Feb. 13, 2024 — People using anabolic steroids could be increasing their underlying risk of a heart condition called atrial fibrillation, according to a new ...

Prenatal Air Pollution Exposure Linked to Severe Newborn Respiratory Distress

Jan. 29, 2024 — Prenatal exposure to air pollution increases the risk of severe respiratory distress in newborn babies, according to new research. The risk increases with exposure specifically to fine particulate ...

Infants Born to COVID-Infected Mothers Have Triple the Risk of Developing Respiratory Distress

Jan. 24, 2024 — Infants born full term to mothers who were infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy had three times the risk of having respiratory distress compared with unexposed infants, even though they themselves ...