A new paper describes a test that can differentiate between different types of asthma via a nasal swab. Researchers hope the test can eventually be used to help match patients with better treatments.

IS LUNG HEALTH DAY, THOUGH MANY OF US TAKE BREATHING FOR GRANTED, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE GETTING ENOUGH AIR DUE TO ASTHMA CONDITION THAT CAN BE DEADLY. AN ESTIMATED 262 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ...

Diagnosing precisely what type of asthma a child has and fine-tuning the treatment for it involves an invasive procedure under general anesthesia. For children with mild asthma, it's just not worth ...

A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming less reliable throughout the day, Cambridge researchers have found. Using real world data from 1,600 patients, ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a nasal swab test for children and youth that helps clinicians diagnose specific asthma subtypes, or endotypes, using nasal epithelial gene ...

A new, non-invasive nasal swab test for kids that diagnoses specific asthma subtype, or endotype, could help clinicians prescribe medications more precisely and pave the way for research toward better ...

A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming less reliable throughout the day, Cambridge researchers have found. Using real world data from 1,600 patients, ...

For many children diagnosed with asthma, pinpointing the particular nature of their case and finding appropriate treatment is far from simple. The lung disease, which affects more than 4.6 million ...