Asthma

Asthma is the world's most common respiratory disorder, and, studies have found, is often associated with increased rates of mortality and decreased quality of life. Thus, it's obvious that keeping asthma at...

As we all know, allergic diseases, particularly in childhood, are becoming more and more common. It's not just that we are becoming more aware of allergic diseases, think of the frequent announcements on air...

Eczema is becoming a fairly common problem in young children. This condition is characterized by frequent outbreaks of reddened, inflamed skin with significant itching. But beyond the discomfort, it is now r...

So much has been written in scientific journals recently about how the loss of microbes in the gut, especially earlier in life, affects the immune system. For example, researcher Marsha Wills-Karp, at the Jo...

By: Austin Perlmutter, MD, Medical Student, Miller School of Medicine As the top cause of pediatric hospitalizations, emergency room visits and missed school days, asthma is anything but a trivial problem fo...

Doubling in incidence over the past 30 years, and increasing an astonishing four-fold amongst adolescents, childhood obesity is now an epidemic in America. Make no mistake about it, this isn’t just a cosmeti...