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 ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a nasal swab test for kids that diagnoses specific asthma subtype, or endotype. This non-invasive approach could help clinicians prescribe ...

A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming less reliable throughout the day, Cambridge researchers have found. Using real world data from 1,600 patients, ...

Among patients with asthma-like symptoms in primary care, testing using home spirometry may be useful for the diagnosis of ...

Diagnosing precisely what type of asthma a child has and fine-tuning the treatment for it involves an invasive procedure under general anesthesia. For children with mild asthma, it's just not worth ...

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 ...

Not sure what's causing your child's asthma? A new quick-and-easy nasal swab test for kids can diagnose the specific immune system drivers behind their asthma, potentially opening the door to better ...

The time of day or year can play a role in the accuracy of routine asthma testing Asthma tests lose accuracy by 8% an hour as the day wears on Tests taken in winter are 33% more accurate than those in ...

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 ...