Clear as air

The grim picture of a lung scarred by pollution is of no shock value today. An ailing populace continues to throw up a phlegm of protests. To …

Living with asthma in Delhi

Kaushik Das Gupta, one of the participants in the CSE study, wonders if the government will ever announce a ‘clean air package’ for …

Swallowing a live fish may get rid of asthma

A miracle cure for asthma continues to attract patients in thousands despite the scepticism expressed by medical experts

Hail inhaler

Doubts concerning the reliability of inhalers in controlling mild asthma have been put to rest as a recent study in the US has given beta-…

Feeding in asthma

Food that one finds allergic can cause problems in the respiratory tract according to a group of scientists inspecting children with breathing …

Roach trouble

Researchers establish that exposure to cockroach allergen is a major cause of asthma in children

The wheeze squeeze

Asthma is silently strangulating humankind, and controlling air pollution could be the most effective way of combating it

Troubled by breath

Those who have had fewer respiratory diseases when young are the ones who are more susceptible to asthma

Mothers' gift

The benefits of breastfeeding babies include better intelligence, lower risk of cancer and asthma, and much more...

Asthma victims: added cause for anxiety

Pollution is leading to a higher incidence of asthma, and studies show that a commonly used treatment may increase the risk of death from the disease

"Doctors too need education"

Dr S K Chabbra, reader and head of the department of cardiorespiratory physiology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, New Delhi, is among the few …

Traffic-related pollution adding to asthma burden worldwide

China accounted for the largest number of cases of traffic pollution-related asthma, followed by India, US, Indonesia and Brazil

MIT study shows why carbon cuts make sound economic sense

Savings on healthcare spending may at times be 10 times more than cost of implementing policies to reduce emissions

"Asthma afflicts almost every house in Gorai"

Pramod N Bagud (PNB), a pediatrician, and Manoj K Ved (mkv), a general physician, practise in Gorai, an area infamous for a 15-hectare dumpsite …

One in every 10 asthma patients in the world is in India

90 per cent of childhood asthma and 50 per cent of adult asthma is caused due to environmental allergens

Take Unani medicines seriously

HAKIM MOHAMMED KHALID SIDDIQUI, director of Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi, tells VIBHA VARSHNEY that …

Out of breath

After visiting hospitals and slums VIBHA VARSHNEY has found that asthma makes poor children suffer far more than their rich counterparts. And a …

Gasping for breath

With the degradation of the quality of our environment, the incidence of asthma is on the rise. The choking ailment seems to be acute even among …

Air pollution can significantly aggravate asthma

India's unique imperatives- high incidenc of poverty, poor nutrition levels, underlying diseases, extremely high pollution further enhance the …

Children under threat !

Rising cases of respiratory ailments in children, due to air pollution, fail to stir the Indian government

Trash-fired power plants wasted in India

Controversy mars India's ambitious target of generating 800 MW of energy by burning waste. Ironically, the country does not even generate …

Indian scientists find asthma drug useful in TB as well

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, found that an existing anti-asthma drug is effective against tuberculosis and can help address the …

African health ministers adopt PEN-PLUS strategy against non-communicable diseases

Stretegy will help bridge access gap in treatment, care of patients with chronic & severe NCD

Study claims asthma drug can help fight COVID-19

Montelukast has been around for more than 20 years and is usually prescribed to reduce inflammation caused by conditions like asthma, hay …

Breathing uneasy

Threat from occupational exposure to pollutants, especially to young children and pregnant women, is growing rapidly. There is no time for …