Severe asthma can have a devastating effect on sufferers, affecting their ability to work or go to school and to lead normal lives. It is difficult to treat because it is not a single disease entity.

When presented with the same clinical information about a series of pediatric asthma patients, specialists varied in the conclusions they drew. The 14 pediatric pulmonologists and allergists in this ...

Researchers sought to characterize the effect of the changes in the GINA 2019 recommendations in a real-world patient setting. This article is part of MPR’s coverage of the CHEST Virtual 2020 meeting.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)and asthma are conditions that exact a tremendoustoll on patients, providers, and society. The substantialincrease in the prevalence of both conditions ...

The introduction of the Global Initiative for Asthma 2019 guidelines significantly improved treatment of children with mild asthma, according to one study. Increased registrars’ knowledge of the ...

The researchers concluded from their analysis that “exhaled propanoic and nonanoic acids may serve as complementary non-invasive biomarkers for monitoring controlled asthma, independently of tobacco ...

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are taking a closer look at how young patients respond to biologic ...

Twenty-four of 26 physicians invited to participate accepted and were sent the survey. Of the 24 surveys sent, 15 were returned (5 of these were returned after reminders were sent), 14 of which were ...