Long-term infection with a bacteria that causes pneumonia could lead to chronic asthma, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers report in the February issue of Infection and Immunity ...

Dear Mary, Both asthma and pneumonia affect the lungs, or the respiratory system of a child. While asthma is a chronic allergic disease, pneumonia is most often an acute lung infection.

Feb. 22 (UPI) --A new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has found that common asthma drugs may be effective in protecting against a deadly form of pneumonia.

Fewer patients with severe attacks were seen by their GP or admitted to hospital during the covid-19 pandemic, and fewer were admitted to hospital for pneumonia, influenza and chronic lung ...

In a new study, children with pneumonia diagnosed during infancy had an increased risk for asthma at age 4 years.“Few studies have assessed the association between pneumonia and asthma, and the ...

A bacterium that causes pneumonia may also contribute to the development of asthma, researchers reported last week. Mycoplasma pneumoniae can hang around in the lungs long after a person has ...

In children with asthma, weighted incidence of pneumonia hospitalization per 10,000 patient-years was 14.5 in children using ICS and 14.6 in those not using ICS.

Qian CJ, Coulombe J, Suissa S, Ernst P. Pneumonia risk in asthma patients using inhaled corticosteroids: A quasi-cohort study. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2017 Mar 28.

Sielinou Kamgang K, Rhedin SA, Almqvist C, et al. Use of inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of hospitalization for pneumonia in children with asthma: a nationwide cohort study.

People who have had flu or pneumonia may be six times more likely to suffer from a heart attack or stroke in the days after infection, according to new research published in the European ...

An asthma attack is much more than just feeling winded after exercise and needing to catch your breath. Asthma is a chronic condition that affects 25 million people in the U.S. and involves the ...