Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Key Takeaways Asthma can be caused by genetics, like having a parent with asthma.

What starts as breathlessness can turn fatal within minutes, doctors warn that quick action, correct inhaler use and timely medical help are the only lifesavers during a severe asthma attack.

The family of a student who died from an asthma attack in a nightclub have urged university-goers to take the condition seriously. Zoe Nunn, 20, a politics student at Anglia Ruskin University in ...

A groundbreaking international study has shown that a 2-in-1 budesonide-formoterol inhaler is far more effective than the standard salbutamol inhaler in children with mild asthma, cutting attacks by ...

READING, Pa. - As we head deeper into fall, doctors say this is a prime time for asthma to rear its head, especially in kids. Asthma is a condition where airways narrow and swell. Sometimes more mucus ...

Disadvantaged children are more likely to end up in the emergency department (ED) from a virally triggered asthma attack during the back-to-school period, according to new research published in The ...

Findings from a trial comparing the real-world effectiveness of asthma inhalers could reshape how children with asthma are treated. In the first randomised controlled trial to investigate the use of a ...

Findings from a trial comparing the real-world effectiveness of asthma inhalers could reshape how children with asthma are treated. In the first randomized controlled trial to investigate the use of a ...