You hear, read and see a lot of information about alternative treatments for asthma. How commonly do you think alternative treatments are used?

FDA has requested that the manufacturers of montelukast (Singulair), zafirlukast (Accolate), and zileuton (Zyflo and Zyflo CR) include a labeling precaution related to potential psychiatric events. Post marketing surveillance of ... Read More

User Answers are an interactive tool developed by About.com to allow readers to share their experiences, suggestions and thoughts on certain aspects related to asthma. User Answers on the About.com ... Read More

Nearly 25% of adults with asthma smoke and, unfortunately, most probably began smoking when they were young. Tobacco smoke irritates the lungs and makes asthma worse. But did you know ... Read More

A new outpatient procedure that utilizes thermoplasty, radiofrequency-generated heat delivered to the airways to prevent narrowing, may provide severe chronic asthma sufferers relief.The study involved the Alair System to preform ... Read More

If allergic rhinitis is one of the triggers of your asthma, a new product utilizing capsaicin, derived from the hot pepper plant, may provide some relief. Researchers from Strategic BioSciences ... Read More

Non-compliance with medications for chronic illness is a huge problem. Not taking the medication can lead to worsening symptoms, but for a number of different reasons taking all of your ... Read More

As the summer allergy season moves on, what is your worst allergy symptom?

The Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) provides some spring cleaning tips to make your home more asthma friendly: 1. Smoking: Make your home a smoke free zone. Consider ... Read More

According to the Asthma In America survey: 70% of doctors report regular spirometry use to measure patient airflow on an ongoing basis, but only 35% of patients report having spirometry in ... Read More

Do you have a questions about asthma that you would like answered in a blog? Post a question here and see it answered in one of the weekly blogs. How ... Read More

According to Stephen Barrett, M.D., founder of Quackwatch, quackery can best be defined as "the promotion of unsubstantiated methods that lack a scientifically plausible rationale. Promotion usually involves a profit ... Read More

A lot of patients and parents of asthma have concerns about using asthma medications over the long term. Mostly, they are concerned about resistance like we commonly see with antibiotics-- ... Read More

A number of different asthma risk factors may increase your chances of developing an asthma attack. Some of the asthma risk factors are avoidable like exposure to smoking and eating ... Read More

Are you looking for something to do with your child as the summer begins? Could your child learn more information about asthma and its triggers? Why not check out the ... Read More

In yesterdays blog I discussed a study on how caffeine might improve symptoms of exercise induced asthma? I thought it would be interesting to see how much caffeine ya'll take ... Read More