Q:I have been wheezing on and off lately and had a lung-function test at my primary-care doctor's office. It showed my lung function was fine. Does that mean I don't have asthma? I had asthma when I ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Good breathing is at the heart of good health. When asthma or shortness of breath appears, a person might be sent for pulmonary function tests. Arlene Dunlap of Piscataway, N.J. knows those tests well ...

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

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 can decrease levels of dysfunctional T regulatory cells. There were no ...

Early-onset asthma was associated with impaired lung function at age 19 years, but contrary to researchers’ expectations, sensitization to aeroallergens did not appear to influence this outcome.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The odds for having uncontrolled asthma and ED visits were significantly raised among non-English- vs.

Special nutrition bars seem to have a beneficial effect on lung function in patients with noneosinophilic, low-inflammation asthma and obesity, according to a new study. Obesity is a characteristic in ...