That familiar tightness in your chest. The wheeze that seems to announce itself at the most inconvenient moments. The inhaler you clutch like a lifeline. Living with asthma can feel like your lungs ...

Asthma and immunology specialists responding to a survey about physical activity for patients with asthma were mostly unaware of any guidelines but seemed willing to learn more about how to ...

For decades, many people with asthma grew up hearing the same warning: avoid strenuous exercise, skip the gym, don’t run too much, and stay away from physically exhausting activities because heavy ...

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.

Adults whose asthma is not fully controlled by medication might gain some benefits from adding an exercise routine to their lives. While exercise can trigger asthma symptoms in some people, there is ...

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 ...

For people with mild asthma, exercises that focus on shallow breathing through the nose, as well as non-specific upper body exercises, can reduce the need to use bronchodilator inhalers. Many people ...

I have contemplated this issue on a personal level this year. My son recently completed his first T-ball season which began in a cooler-than-usual spring. He is an athletic 6-year-old with seasonal ...

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 ...

A child's risk of asthma can be reduced by nearly half if the mother engages in active physical exercise at least three times a week during pregnancy, compared to a child of a mother who is less ...