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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As with asthma, treating EIA and EIB involves nonpharmacologic, pharmacologic and educational components. Environmental Control. It is recommended that all asthma patients avoid their environmental ...

Elite athletes may be the epitome of health and fitness, but their workout-induced glow could be hiding a problem deep in their lungs. A new study of college athletes at Ohio State University (OSU) ...

Tanner, the family dog, was treated to a long-overdue pedicure Friday, so now he can stop slipping and sliding on the hardwoods, and cease aerating our clothes. Just about every t-shirt in this house ...