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A new report ranks Dallas as one of the most challenging places to live with seasonal allergies. A North Texas doctor explains the impact on pediatric asthma.
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An effort to curb asthma among children in select zip codes in Dallas County has led to a drop in pediatric emergency department visits among some children.
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New cases of asthma dropped dramatically in Los Angeles communities where air quality improved the most over 20 years. The results illustrate health benefits from pollution control.
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A research team tracked the diets and exposures to air pollution of kids inside Baltimore homes. Children with diets high in omega-3 fatty acids seemed less vulnerable to pollution's effect on asthma.
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Toxic stress in childhood can lead to a lifetime of health problems and, ultimately, a shorter life. Here's what schools can do to help.
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Tens of millions of Americans use inhalers each day. Many of them aren’t doing it right. That’s what new research from Baylor College of Medicine shows.…
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Some of the 24 million people in the U.S. with asthma, or inflammation that narrows the airways, suffer severe symptoms: Like persistent shortness of…
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In this edition of Vital Signs, treating children with asthma. Doctors usually choose between two steroids to treat acute attacks that require a hospital…
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As local officials try to contain Ebola in Dallas, another virus has swept much of the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or state labs…
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More than two million people in Texas have at some point been diagnosed with asthma. And for some of them, inhalers and medications aren’t enough to stay…
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Along with the return to school across the country, each September also brings an annual spike of asthma attacks to emergency rooms. The two are related.…
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More than 25 million people – nearly a third of them children - are known to have asthma. The lung disease causes recurring periods of wheezing, chest…