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LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have identified a genetic change that raises a child's risk of developing asthma, a discovery that may lead to better treatments for one of the most common chronic ...

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Key Takeaways Asthma can be caused by genetics, like having a parent with asthma.

Black children are three times as likely as their white counterparts to develop asthma. A recent finding points to genetics as a possible explanation. A study conducted at Henry Ford Health identified ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Air pollution and genetic susceptibility increased the risks for progression from asthma to COPD, according to a ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - A new study conducted at Henry Ford Health suggests a greater risk of asthma within African-Americans. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, asthma is ...

Sleep and genetics play individual roles in increasing a person’s risk for asthma, but their combination also heightens that risk. Poor sleep quality was associated with increased risk of asthma, ...

A good night's sleep is important for everyone, and it may be especially sage advice for adults with a genetic susceptibility to asthma, a new study says. Someone with poor sleep quality and a genetic ...

Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified hundreds of genome regions containing thousands of genetic variants associated with asthma, but it’s still not clear which variants have an ...

Asthma, like other complex disorders, does not appear to be inherited in a simple Mendelian fashion, despite the fact that it occurs with increased frequency in first-degree relatives of asthmatics.