Kids are used to hearing they shouldn’t play in traffic but now a study of children, traffic, and allergies points to problems with allergies and other associated ailments when children live near major roadways and breathe the traffic-polluted air. The…

Researchers at Columbia University have released a statement sure to please cat-loving parents everywhere. Seems children up to age five who live in a household containing a cat are less likely to develop asthma and cat allergies than children who…

An experimental vest that comes with a sensor system to monitor air quality in the near vicinity of asthmatics has already proven to be a success, especially for one volunteer whose vest detected more polluted air in his own home…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that the agency is evaluating available data for a potential link between some serious issues involving mood changes and behavior affecting patients who take Singulair (montelukast) manufactured by Merck & Co,…

A study that will be published in the upcoming issue of Thorax suggests that a small dose of aspirin on alternate days may reduce the risk of developing asthma among women. The study included 40,000 female health care professionals. The…

Breastfeeding has proven to provide many benefits for babies and now protection from allergic asthma can be added to that list of benefits. A study found that airborne allergen is able to pass from mother to child through breast milk,…