Swallowing a live fish may get rid of asthma
A miracle cure for asthma continues to attract patients in thousands despite the scepticism expressed by medical experts
A miracle cure for asthma continues to attract patients in thousands despite the scepticism expressed by medical experts
Daily gas stove use may be dangerous for adults suffering from asthma. Mark Eisner and his team at the University of California, San Francisco, USA studied its effect on 539 asthmatics. Fifteen per
14/02/2000
Doubts are raised over the efficacy of two herbal medicines for asthma
Mild asthma gets better at higher altitudes
CONTRARY to common sense, foul air may not be the cause of the rise in the number of asthmatics, at least not in Britain. Though the number of Britons with asthma has risen rapidly in recent years,
SCIENTISTS have recently confirmed the presence in the lungs of asthmatics of an enzyme that produces nitric oxide, which damages cells lining the airways. Nitric oxide was known to be present in the
OXFORD researchers have found children are more likely to inherit asthma and hay fever from mothers than fathers. The gene responsible, found on chromosome 11, is only active when inherited from
29/09/1992
Kids asthma linked to cat allergens
14/08/2001
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a genetically prepared vaccine against asthma. The vaccine has been prepared by introducing a gene from dust mites, a common cause
30/08/2001