Folic acid, or vitamin B9, essential for red blood cell health and long known to reduce the risk of spinal birth defects, may also suppress allergic reactions and lessen the severity of allergy and asthma symptoms, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.
In what is believed to be the first study in [...]

New research adds more evidence of the importance of vitamin D supplementation and that daily recommended levels are low. The study provides evidence for a link between vitamin D insufficiency and asthma severity, and is the first study of its kind of vitamin D and disease severity in children with asthma.
The study found [...]

Although lacking real scientific evidence, for nearly 20 years, doctors believed severe asthma symptoms such as coughing, sneezing and breathlessness were triggered, in part, by acid reflux. Asthma sufferers were often prescribed heartburn medication in an effort to help their asthma symptoms.
Now lung experts from around the U.S.are calling on physicians to suspend the routine [...]

According to new research Children born in areas with increased traffic-related pollution may be at greater risk of developing asthm due to genetic changes acquired in the womb. The study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the University of Cincinnati (UC) is published in the journal PLoS ONE.
Researchers studied umbilical cord blood [...]

Is commonly used for pain and fever in children.

The bacterium has co-existed with humans for at least 50,000 years and may be linked to hay fever and eczema.  Lack of the bug impacts the immune system. 
A new study appears to add more evidence linking the growing use of antibiotics and resent explosion of asthma in children.  The link is the rapid disapearance of [...]

Results from a 7-year mother and child study find specific foods can impact asthma and allergy risks for children.
A diet rich in fish and specific vegetables can reduce asthma and allergies in children, according to a seven-year study of 460 Spanish children, published in the journal Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.
“We believe that this is the first [...]

Creams work as well as pills without the side effects.
A new study from Briton reported by the BBC suggests that using ibuprofen type pain relievers in topical cream form works as well as pills.
For the study researchers from Queen Mary University of London, 585 patients were given non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) – a class of drugs [...]

Metabolic product of an omega-3 fatty acid may help fight asthma.
New research from the led by a research team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School looked at the anti-inflammatory value of diets rich in some types of fish.  Researchers found that a molecule produced by the body from omega-3 fatty acids helps [...]