Asthma: Poor lung function at birth may be a cause - Asthma may be linked to poor lung function at birth, researchers have discovered.

Asthma drugs: effects wane - Regular use of beta agonists like inhaled salbutamol doubles a person's sensitivity to an allergen and creates tolerance to the drug, thus reducing it...

Asthma drugs: no help for kids - Children with asthma and related breathing problems are being given drugs that don't help the condition, and which may do them harm, according to two...

Doctors differ in prescribing habits - The UK Drug Safety Research Unit has discovered massive variations in the quantity of drugs prescribed by individual doctors (The Lancet, 11 September...

Asthma: a breath of fresh air - If ever a disease were misunderstood by modern medicine, it is asthma. Although doctors finally have begun to accept that asthma may be caused by an a...

Lung disease - Q my dad has just been diagnosed with silicosis as a result of working in tunnels for 10-15 years. - He experiences shortness of breath, lack of energy and sleeplessness. His lungs recently filled with nearly two litres of fluid that had to be drained...

Erectile Dysfunction: Can herbal solutions measure up to conventional drugs? - History will relate that it was the chemists of drug giant Pfizer who first brought men ’s most intimate problem out from under the bedclothes into th...

Drugs: - Not for pregnant women, but still. . . - Doctors aren't great at reading drug information sheets, and their patients aren't much better either. That's why pregnant women are prescribed drugs...