HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - May is Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. The number of people with asthma keeps increasing. Asthma affects more than 24.5 million Americans. More than 50 million Americans ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich (WOOD) – Asthma is a condition in which your airways narrow and swell and produce extra mucus. This can make breathing difficult and trigger coughing, wheezing and shortness of ...

Most people take breathing for granted, but for people with asthma, wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath are all scary symptoms that can result in trips to the hospital. Most ...

Leominster's HealthAlliance Hospital is one of the first hospitals in the country to offer a recently government-approved procedure for patients with severe asthma. HealthAlliance, which is a division ...

Routine bronchoscopy may clarify the treatment pathways for patients suffering from severe uncontrolled asthma (SUA) who are being considered for biologic therapy indicated for a T2 inflammation ...

A device-based procedure designed to relieve asthma symptoms in patients is now covered by an insurer in Pennsylvania. Independence Blue Cross announced Friday it covers bronchial thermoplasty, making ...

Miriam Rivera spent a large portion of her life in doctors’ offices and hospitals and a lot of insurance money managing her severe asthma, until a new procedure changed her life in just a matter of ...

Living with asthma can be challenging. Asthma is a chronic inflammation of the airways in the lungs that can cause coughing, wheezing, tightness in the chest or shortness of breath. It’s often ...

May 25, 2006 — -- Many people with asthma live with the fear that the next breath they take might be their last. To keep their airways open, many have to inhale large doses of steroids twice a ...

Southcoast Health has become the first hospital group south of Boston to offer Bronchial Thermoplasty (BT), the first non-drug treatment option for adults with severe asthma, a procedure proven to ...

Folks can breathe a little easier thanks to a new medical procedure. Folks can breathe a little easier thanks to a new medical procedure. It's helping patients with severe asthma and a local hospital ...

A new drug-free treatment for asthma has been shown to be effective in an international study of patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma. Conducted at 30 sites around the world, the trial tested a ...