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So, many of us make New Year’s Resolutions. Like millions of others, I decided I better lose some weight. That should bode well for better asthma control. So, how’s that...

It’s pretty established that cold or dry air—or cold AND dry air!—can cause asthma symptoms. This is because without enough humidity in the air we are breathing into our lungs...

What exactly is pollen? According to the Oxford dictionary, pollen is: noun "A fine powdery substance, typically yellow, consisting of microscopic grains discharged from the male part of a flower...

It would seem that my family has lung complications coded into our genome. I have asthma, my father suffers from chronic bronchitis, and my sister would get pneumonia almost every...

The middle of the night hacking had made a comeback, a combination of an exacerbation and a wicked infection. I am just coming off another exacerbation, and I am really...

A couple of years before I got asthma, I developed symptoms of multiple chemical sensitivity. Before asthma symptoms were added to the mix, headaches, nausea, and general shakiness affected me...

Milk is one of those controversial foods - some people are die-hard fans, while others won’t touch it with a ten-foot pole. Milk products have been hot topics in the...

I’m often asked what caused my asthma. Was I born with it? Was it from catching bronchitis? Did I smoke cigarettes? (No.) One uninformed person insisted that drinking alcohol while...

Respiratory viruses affect all of us. They enact an immune response that causes airway inflammation, and this inflammation causes cold symptoms. If you have asthma, this response may hit you...

Asthma has no discretion; it will tighten its grip around a person of any sex, age, ethnicity, or body type. As a disease with many different variables and pathologies, it...

Does your family not quite understand your asthma? Is your asthma not taken seriously amongst your friends? Does your boyfriend or girlfriend want to help manage your asthma, but doesn't...

Today more people are aware that old and unused drugs can be dangerous to keep around the house. Leftover drugs may be stolen and misused, look like candy to a...

I want to get real for a minute about mental health and asthma. No one on earth would wish to have asthma. At least no one who has ever actually...

For those of you who don't know what RSV is, it stands for respiratory syncytial virus and it can be nasty stuff. Usually, it mimics a mild cold and has...

About 57% of asthmatics cough. Sometimes it’s the first sign of an impending asthma attack. Sometimes it’s chronic, or seemingly always there. Sometimes it’s the only symptom experienced. So, what...

Something that we are consistently reminded of, as asthmatics, is our heart health. In recent years the correlation between heart disease and asthma has become more intertwined, especially in adults...

Asthma is a multifaceted disease. It’s a heterogeneous disease, meaning it presents differently from one person to another. So, this means that one person may have many different asthma triggers...

When you think of asthma, you automatically think of the lungs and how they work to keep our bodies oxygenated and us breathing easy. There is one more piece to...

I recently drove across the country when I moved from California to the Washington DC area. The move was stressful; I donated, sold, or gave away everything I owned. All...

My partner and I recently went to visit my dad. The visit was brief, but unfortunately, my partner had to stay in the backyard for the majority of the time...