Up until now, there hasn't been any easy way to diagnose asthma, but a new discovery may help scientists create a blood test for the breathing condition. Penn State researchers previously showed that ...

FeNO testing is increasingly recognized as a key first step in asthma assessment under the updated UK guidelines.

Current asthma tests can only detect one type of the lung disease, but an experimental nasal swab has demonstrated the ability to differentiate between various asthma types. The disease, which affects ...

Nearly 7 million children in the United States have been diagnosed with asthma and thousands more are living undiagnosed, struggling to breathe each day. Now, researchers have found that a commonly ...

IS LUNG HEALTH DAY, THOUGH MANY OF US TAKE BREATHING FOR GRANTED, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE GETTING ENOUGH AIR DUE TO ASTHMA CONDITION THAT CAN BE DEADLY. AN ESTIMATED 262 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ...

Researchers have identified a genetic biomarker of asthma that can be tested for using a simple nasal brush and basic follow-up data analysis. This inexpensive diagnostic test can accurately identify ...

The updated asthma diagnosis pathway places stronger emphasis on FeNO testing and structured clinical assessment.

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a nasal swab test for children and youth that helps clinicians diagnose specific asthma subtypes, or endotypes, using nasal epithelial gene ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve had a cough and some wheezing that won’t go away. My doctor suspects asthma and ordered an exhaled nitric oxide test. Can you tell me more about this test? ANSWER: Asthma is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers observed that only 8.3% of 24 children or adolescents with peanut allergy passed a double-blind ...

A new trial at Sheffield Children's Hospital will test whether a combined inhaler can better control asthma symptoms and attacks in youngsters. The study, which focuses on children aged six to 11, ...