Thursday, September 5, 2013

Risk for Asthma Hospitalization High in Menopausal Women

A new study says that women in their 40s and 50s with asthma are hospitalized more than twice as often as men in the same age group. The 10-year study is published in the September issue of iAnnals of Allergy, Asthma (and) Immunology/i, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI). "Until puberty, boys have higher rates of asthma than girls," said Robert Yao-wen Lin, MD, allergist and lead study author. "Then, ...

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