Asthma Sufferers Suffer More in Heat

Heat as Asthma Factor
Ninety degrees and humid doesn't make it too comfortable for any of us to breathe. Now just imagine how people who live with asthma can feel.

Several factors can bring on an asthma attack, and the heat is definitely one of them. If you have a chronic cough or you notice that you are one step behind everyone else when doing physical activities, doctors say you could be a sufferer.

Asthma and Panic- a vicious cycle

Relationship found between Asthma and Panic Attacks
A 20-year prospective study published in Amercian Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine has explored the relation between asthma and panic attack in young adults. The findings over the whole study period showed that asthma was more strongly associated with panic disorder than with any panic.

Exposure to Mother's Smoke Increases Risk of Asthma in Adults According to New Study

Increased Asthma Risk
Childhood exposure to mother's second hand smoke substantially increases the risk for developing adult asthma and other respiratory symptoms according to a new paper published in the current issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (2005; 172: 61-66).

Allergies set to rise

Hygiene blamed for NHS's soaring allergy bill
The number of people in Britain who have allergies is set to rise because houses are too "clean" for children's immune systems to develop properly, according to a health care expert.

Prof Aziz Sheikh claimed that one in two people would need treatment for some kind of allergic disorder by 2007.