Asthma

The goal of this activity is to demonstrate best practices in assessing asthma severity and determining optimal treatment to achieve asthma control.  

Roche suffered a setback in its ambitions to build its presence in the emerging market for biotech asthma drugs on Monday when it announced that one of two identical studies failed to help patients as expected.  

A new study examines the management of asthma exacerbation in the ED based on health insurance status. How does it impact the level of care?  

The much-anticipated update from the LEAP study on the protective effects of early peanut exposure in infants will be presented, as will data on the safety of asthma medications.  

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) 2016 Annual Meeting: Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from AAAAI 2016.  

Patients with asthma who were treated with a fixed dose combination of the long acting beta-agonist (LABA) salmeterol plus the inhaled glucocorticoid fluticasone had no higher risk of asthma related death or hospital admission than those on fluticasone alone,1 shows a randomised study that provides some reassurance after previous safety concerns.  

Women with asthma who are undergoing fertility treatment may take much longer to conceive than peers without the respiratory disorder, a small Danish study suggests.  

Patients with asthma who were treated with a fixed dose combination of the long acting beta-agonist (LABA) salmeterol plus the inhaled glucocorticoid fluticasone had no higher risk of asthma related death or hospital admission than those on fluticasone alone,1 shows a randomised study that provides some reassurance after previous safety concerns.  

GlaxoSmithKline Plc said on Saturday its asthma drug, Nucala, which is already approved in the United States and Europe, showed a similar safety profile in a long-term study compared with previous studies.  

Air pollution exposure before conception, in early pregnancy, and in late pregnancy was tied to an increased risk for preterm birth in women with asthma, according to a new study.  

The first of a series of safety studies mandated by the FDA suggests that the black-box warning on inhalers might not be warranted; however, patients with the most severe disease were excluded.  

For a subgroup of patients, an anti-interleukin-5 antibody improved asthma exacerbation rates, lung function, and quality of life, according to a subanalysis of data from two pivotal phase 3 trials.  

A new protocol for testing the sputum of patients with asthma or chronic sinusitis for fungus could help select those who will benefit from antifungal therapies, research shows.  

Instructive ECGs in Clinical Context ----Archives, Popular Posts, and an Index of all ECGs are down the right-hand side.  

The overall prevalence of asthma in US adults has also increased, federal health officials say.  

Partnership with a local pharmacy to deliver medications to pediatric asthma patients upon discharge from a satellite facility lacking its own pharmacy was associated with reduced readmissions for asthma.  

Hospitalized patients with asthma and COPD who received multiple cycles of instruction and practice on inhaler use had fewer acute care needs after discharge in a randomized trial.  

Patients receive this add-on treatment by infusion every 4 weeks to stave off severe asthma attacks. The most common adverse events seen in clinical trials include anaphylaxis and cancer.  

What does the latest research tell us about the use of allergen immunotherapy for asthma?  

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