Learn what happens inside the body during an asthma attack and why treatments help prevent or reverse the effects.

Bronchial asthma is a lung problem where the air passage, that is, the bronchi, is blocked or obstructed. This blocks the respiratory passage and suffocates the patient owing to lower ventilation ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Russell, MD "Asthmatic bronchitis" is a non-medical term used when someone with asthma develops acute bronchitis, most often due to a viral infection like the flu. Having ...

Asthma and allergies often go hand-in-hand. Asthma is a disease of the branches of the windpipe (bronchial tubes), which carry air in and out of the lungs.There are several different types of ...

Asthma experts are quick to point out that bronchial thermoplasty is no miracle cure, and is really only useful for people with severe, chronic asthma that can't be controlled with current drugs.

Positive results from the Research in Severe Asthma (RISA) Trial of Bronchial Thermoplasty were reported today at the annual scientific assembly of the American Thoracic Society (ATS). Clinically ...

In 2010, the FDA approved bronchial thermoplasty, the first nonpharmaceutical treatment for severe asthma. People are starting to try it. Virginia Rady is one of them.

ASTHMA can be defined as a disease of the bronchi producing diffuse, reversible bronchial obstruction. The bronchial tree of patients with asthma is hypersensitive to the effects of dust, cold air, ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A promising new treatment for adults with severe asthma doesn't include drugs or inhalers with a lot of side effects. As CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez reported, it uses radio waves ...

Cardiac asthma and bronchial asthma share some similar symptoms such as breathlessness, wheezing, and extreme discomfort. But the resemblance ends there. TheHealthSite.com ...