The number of people needing emergency hospital treatment for asthma, emphysema and other lung conditions is three times higher in some parts of the UK than in the richest areas of the country ...

Asthma and Lung UK research and innovation director Dr Samantha Walker said: "This discovery opens important new doors to explore possible new treatment options desperately needed for people with ...

Over time this can negatively damage the tissues present in the lungs. Medical conditions like asthma, diabetes, and heart ...

The team stress there is no danger to asthmatics from steroid therapy and that patients should continue taking their steroid inhalers or tablets as prescribed. About 40% of people with severe asthma ...

Asthma produces wheezing and dyspnea due to inflammation and airway constriction. A lung infection called pneumonia can cause an abrupt loss of breath along with fever, coughing, and other ...