Offspring of mothers with prepregnancy eating disorders had a higher risk of developing preschool wheezing and school-aged asthma.

Wheezing is a whistling sound caused by narrowed airways and is common in asthma. Asthma involves airway inflammation leading to breathlessness, chest tightness, cough, and wheeze.

Asthma is one of the most common lung diseases in the world, affecting some 262 million people worldwide and causing more than 450,000 deaths annually, per the World Health Organization. While ...

Researchers found no evidence that initiation of inhaled corticosteroids or leukotriene receptor antagonist therapy is associated with fewer wheezing/asthma attacks than therapy with a short-acting ...

Eating disorders in moms-to-be are linked to a heightened risk of asthma and wheezing in their children, irrespective of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older children and girls were more likely to have dysfunctional breathing. Dysfunctional breathing was ...

Infants who experience viral respiratory illnesses with wheezing are known to be at increased risk for developing asthma later during childhood. It is not known, however, whether every type of ...

Taking a deep breath might seem like a simple task, but for those struggling with severe asthma, breathing “normally” can be a struggle. Approximately 25 million Americans have asthma and more than ...

Why do we differentiate between virus-induced wheezing and asthma? Infants and toddlers with the former have recurrent episodes of wheezing and cough that can be prolonged and persistent, the trigger ...