leptin

A study carried out using mice may hold the key to explaining why more obese people suffer from asthma. The research revealed that the hormone, leptin, is responsible for regulating the diameter of the airway – asthma is a chronic lung…

Until recently it’s been a bit of a mystery as to why exactly the obese were so prone to contracting asthma as well. There’s no immediate and obvious link. You can see why obesity would affect the health of your heart and you can probably…

Obese people are more likely to develop symptoms of asthma than people who are an average weight. But the exact reason why is not entirely understood and it has eluded scientists for a long time. However, now it seems that the answer to the…