Breathing can feel normal for weeks, then suddenly turn into a race for air. That uncertainty is one of the hardest parts of living with asthma. Even when symptoms seem quiet, an attack can still ...

Researchers at Mass General Brigham and Karolinska Institutet have identified a new method to predict asthma exacerbations with a high degree of accuracy. The study is published in Nature ...

Some 28 million Americans suffer from asthma attacks. Now, researchers have developed a new method that they say could predict when attacks strike up to five years in advance. By looking at small ...

A severe asthma attack is not just an escalation of breathlessness, it is a medical emergency that can spiral into respiratory failure within minutes if ignored. With airways suddenly narrowing, ...

A new study found that a 2-in-1 anti-inflammatory inhaler reduced asthma attacks in children by 45% compared to the widely-used salbutamol inhaler. The corresponding study was published in The Lancet.

Among young adults with asthma, inhalation of marijuana — by smoking, vaping, or both — was significantly associated with higher odds of asthma attacks within 1 year than no marijuana use. Researchers ...

Weed might increase a young person's risk of an asthma attack, whether or not they are smoking or vaping it, a new study says. Young adults had 57% to 81% higher odds of an asthma attack if they ...

A six-year analysis from a major Bronx health system reveals how the pandemic reshaped asthma exacerbation patterns, exposing persistent racial disparities and deepening socioeconomic divides in one ...

The increased risk for asthma attacks among those using marijuana was consistent regardless of whether individuals vaped or smoked cannabis or did both. Inhaling marijuana via smoking or vaping is ...