Asthma
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‘Thunderstorm Asthma’ Could Strike More Often With Climate Change
Asthma exacerbated by airborne pollen and electricity during storms can make symptoms worse, and is likely more prevalent in the future.
Commentary
What’s Changed in Asthma Treatment? Quite a Bit
You can't modify a patient's therapy if you don't know whether their asthma is well or poorly controlled.
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FDA Approves Drug to Reduce Accidental Food Allergies
Asthma drug approved to reduce reaction to food allergies.
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AI Aids in Monitoring Asthma in Young Children
Can asthma symptoms be monitored reliably at home? Until now, the answer would have been yes, but not in preschool-...
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Psychosocial environmental factors may drive persistent childhood asthma
Groups of children exposed to bad trajectories of psychosocial factors were significantly more likely to have transient high and persistent high...
Conference Coverage
Survey: 42% of PCPs not familiar with biologics for asthma
“The results of the survey point to the need to improve the communication between primary care physicians and asthma care specialists, including...
Conference Coverage
Asthma severity higher among LGBTQ+ population
SGM respondents were significantly more likely to have had asthma attacks requiring steroid use in the past years.
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It’s back to school for asthma, too
A more relaxed approach to maintenance therapy for the condition over the summer holidays and exposure to allergens at school contribute to this...
From the Journals
New German guidelines change the paradigm for asthma
The guideline was created by the German Respiratory Society and a further 11 professional societies from Germany and Austria.
Conference Coverage
Sublingual immunotherapy stops onset and worsening of asthma
“The results ... are consistent with outcomes from clinical trials, suggestive of a reduced risk of asthma onset in patients with allergic...
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What will vaping lead to? Emerging research shows damage, and addiction
Vaping may worsen bronchitis and asthma, raise blood pressure, and interfere with brain development in young users.