Mar. 23 -- WEDNESDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Merck asthma and allergy drug Singulair (montelukast sodium) for people aged 15 and older who ...

Fitness nuts beware: Exercise can actually cause asthma. Well, sort of. Alongside asthma, a respiratory condition where the lungs’ airways tighten and breathing becomes labored, sits exercise-induced ...

For years, people with asthma were told to avoid exercise because it could induce or worsen asthma attacks. But a new study, published in the journal Annals of Medicine, turns that age-old advice on ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Asthma provoked by physical exertion is a common and often unrecognized occurrence in collegiate athletes, a study shows. Among 107 Ohio State varsity athletes from 22 ...

Asthma is a lung disease that is either inherited or may develop as a severe allergic reaction to pollen, viruses, dust, cigarette smoke, and other "triggers" (but not everyone with allergies develops ...

Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) is experienced by the majority of an estimated 300 million individuals who have asthma, a condition that affects all ages and is increasing globally.

At this time of year it’s not an uncommon scene: Little League baseball players wheeze as they cross home plate and try to catch their breath. Players, coaches, umpires and parents watch in dismay, ...

Dr. David Hagaman answers the question: 'If A Child Coughs Only With Exercise?' — -- Question: My child only coughs with exercise. Should he/she be on regular asthma medicine? Answer: Coughing is ...

Exercise-induced asthma (known medically as exercise-induced bronchoconstriction) is a condition in which physical activity triggers symptoms similar to asthma. This condition affects approximately 90 ...