How do I know if I really have asthma?

Do you have asthma? Are you sure? Draft guidance from Britain’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), out for consultation and not yet finalised, says that up to 30% of adults diagnosed with it “do not have clear evidence of asthma”. The percentage was the Nice committee’s best estimate, based on results from numerous studies.....

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Brooklyn Megachurch Pastor A.R. Bernard Loses Firstborn Son to Fatal Asthma Attack

Popular Brooklyn, New York megachurch pastor, A.R. Bernard is now grieving the loss off his firstborn son Alfonso R. Bernard Jr. who died last Wednesday after suffering an asthma attack. He was 39.
Pastor Bernard, who leads the Christian Cultural Center and is president of the Council of Churches of the City of New York made the revelation in a tweet last Thursday in which he pointed to his pain.....

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Allergy-Induced Asthma Thwarted by Anti-Inflammatory Drug

Allergy-induced asthma may be prevented by a drug that acts on serotonin receptors, according to work from Louisiana State University Health New Orleans. Researchers at LSU showed that (R)-DOI, a “psychedelic” drug that activates serotonin receptors, prevents allergy-induced asthma in mice by acting as an inflammatory agent. Inhaling (R)-DOI may be a viable treatment for asthma in the future, but studies beyond this initial work are required before clinical trials can test this hypothesis, as serotonin agonists are only approved for certain psychological conditions.....

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