Nearly a quarter of children with recurrent wheezing have "silent" lung infections that would be better treated with antiviral medications than commonly prescribed steroids that can carry lifelong ...

Dr. Fernando Martinez is director of the U of A Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, Regents Professor and Swift-McNear Professor of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine – Tucson. TUCSON, Ariz.

High levels of vitamin D, obtained through diet or supplements, during pregnancy appears to reduce the risk of recurrent wheezing or wheezing symptoms in early childhood. Researchers from the ...

In a recent research letter published in the journal JAMA Network Open, scientists in Italy compared the rates of respiratory medication usage and wheezing due to bronchiolitis among children born ...

Doctors often give antibiotics to kids seen in the ER with asthma-linked wheezing A new study confirms that this strategy is useless, however, and should be discouraged Bacteria in the throats of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drinking warm liquids, inhaling moist air, and avoiding smoke are just some home remedies that may help reduce wheezing. Wheezing ...

Respiratory tract infections are common childhood illnesses. They can spread easily through the air we breathe or via our hands. You can treat most symptoms at home while the body clears the infection ...

Inhaling wildfire smoke could have immediate effects on children in Los Angeles, such as coughing and wheezing, which may lead to more long-term health effects. Cough is going to be the most common ...

“We hope this discovery will stimulate further work in the treatment of recurrent wheeze and viral infections in children,” said researcher W. Gerald Teague, MD, a pediatric pulmonologist at UVA ...