Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and, in the latter part of the 20th century, reached epidemic proportions. Asthma is generally believed to result from gene-environment ...

If you have asthma, running might worsen your symptoms, but there are precautions you can take to make it safer. Typically, symptoms like wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath begin about 15 ...

Oct. 10, 2024 — The risk of asthma in the child can be reduced by nearly half if the mother engages in active physical exercise at least three times a week during pregnancy, compared to a child ...

Asthma is a medical condition that affects the airways – the tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs. When someone has an asthma attack, these tubes become narrowed, making it difficult to ...

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Bill Bramhall’s editorial cartoon for Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024: “Why Secret Service agents hold their hands like that.” “Praying more agents get hired.” Bill Bramhall’s editorial ...

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"Weird animals" is a series of illustrations that feature animals in a whimsical manner that is unexpected, funny and cute. Based on the prompts of Jake Parker’s "Inktober", I have created these ...

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Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease that can make life difficult. Because asthma requires management, it is possible to ...

Their analysis shows that children's risk of developing asthma later in life can be more reliably predicted by observing the dynamic development of symptoms during the first year of life.

People with asthma or severe acne will no longer be banned from joining Britain’s armed forces, Defence Secretary John Healey has said. Healey said he wanted to scrap "outdated policies" that ...