Asthma

Did you celebrate a birthday last month? Congratulations. You were born in the month with the lowest lifetime risk of disease.

My mother, now 77, has suffered with asthma since birth. She tells stories about how her working class parents struggled with the idea of moving the entire family from Brooklyn, N.Y. to Arizona, which was a premiere destination in the 1940s for those with asthma, tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis,…

The following is a guest post by Charlotte Whittaker, AARP Kentucky volunteer

The following is a guest post by Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Bill Corr

By Julia Appleby, Kaiser Health News. This story was produced in collaboration with USA Today

Those sprays, plug-ins and scented candles we use to make our homes smell good are causing a growing number of breathing problems, say allergy experts.