Asthma
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An alternative regimen to reduce risk of asthma exacerbations
This study supports the use of an ICS/LABA as needed for adults with intermittent, mild persistent, and moderate persistent asthma.
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Novel agent shows promise against cat allergy
“We clearly demonstrate that these antibodies decrease the asthmatic response to cat allergen within 8 days, and that these effects last 3 months...
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Mepolizumab reduced exacerbations in patients with asthma and atopy, depression comorbidities
Few studies have examined the efficacy of mepolizumab therapy for patients with asthma and comorbidities.
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Patients with asthma say most doctors don’t ask about cannabis use
Smoking cannabis could lead to increased symptoms of cough and wheeze.
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Peanut sublingual immunotherapy feasible and effective in toddlers
There was a “strong potential” for sustained unresponsiveness at 3 months for the toddlers who received the active treatment.
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Asthma not an independent risk factor for severe COVID-19, hospitalization
There have been conflicting data on whether comorbid asthma is or is not a risk factor for more severe COVID-19.
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Frequent medication refills show some patients not achieving asthma control
Prescription of systemic corticosteroids and short-acting beta agonists can indicate poor asthma control.
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Masks don’t affect oxygen saturation in people with asthma
Study was prompted by the widespread notion that wearing a mask to protect against COVID-19 would impede breathing.
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Hospitalizations for food anaphylaxis triple, but deaths down in United Kingdom
“Cow’s milk is increasingly identified as the culprit allergen for fatal food reactions, and is now the commonest cause of fatal anaphylaxis in...
From the Journals
Antibiotic exposure in pregnancy linked to childhood asthma risk in study
Mode of delivery may modify the association between antibiotic exposure during pregnancy and childhood asthma, suggests research.
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Asthma-COPD overlap: Patients have high disease burden
Population-level burden of eosinophilic disease was greater in combination asthma-COPD than in either condition alone