Scientists have infected mosquitos with a bacteria known as Wolbachia, which sabotages malaria-causing parasites in the bugs, limiting their ability to spread malaria to humans
Terry Perrotta had always been active and healthy, so she became concerned when at the age of 44, she felt completely out of breath merely from walking up the stairs. In 2006, Perrotta, a divorced...
Toddlers are less likely to have asthma and itchy rashes if their parents "cleaned" their pacifiers by sucking on them when the kids were infants, a small new study suggests
According to a study published in the May issue of Annals of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, a group of allergy researchers in Spain found exposure to classroom low-powder chalk dust may be...
A new type of radiation, known as intra-operative radiation, is helping some breast cancer patients. With this treatment, patients are given the entire dose of radiation at once, though the total...
Kids and teens who are born abroad and immigrate to the United States are about half as likely to have asthma and allergies as those who are born in the U.S., according to a new study
Eighty percent of donated lungs can’t be used for transplants because of injury or other problems. Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic are using an experimental process to help revive those lungs...