GP practices are facing confusion over different approaches to asthma diagnosis set out in the QOF and in the new UK joint ...

Asthma affects more than 260M people worldwide and nearly 28M people in the U.S. alone, where, on average, 10 people die from attacks of the chronic disease each day.

With a solid basis for why we believe someone has asthma, we can improve the specificity of the diagnostic tests we then use ...

Spirometry is a test used to investigate the cause of symptoms such as breathlessness, cough and wheeze, and is essential for ...

As a parent, ensuring the health and well-being of your family is always a top priority. Whether it’s staying on top of ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a chronic, life-threatening condition involving high blood pressure in the arteries of the ...

Police in the United States rarely face criminal charges when civilians die after the use of force such as physical blows, ...

Emerging research shows mast cells play a role in the etiology of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps and may be a new ...

Advocate Health Care unveiled plans this week to spend $1 billion to improve healthcare services on Chicago's South Side, ...

AND IF YOU CAN’T GET INTO THERE, GO TO URGENT CARE FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. IF YOU NEED FLUIDS, IF YOU NEED MAYBE NEBULIZERS IF YOU HAVE ASTHMA. SO I THINK THAT’S THE WAY I THINK ABOUT THE TRIAGE. BUT ...

A gathering of First Nation health directors witnessed a demonstration on Thursday of how healthcare delivery in the North could be transformed. Tuula Nikkanen, a doctor in Finland who developed the ...