Adolescents with overweight or obesity and asthma had a lower risk of asthma exacerbations after starting a GLP-1 receptor ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Asthma Impairment and Risk Questionnaire (AIRQ) comprises 10 yes/no items designed to assess both symptom ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among children with eosinophilic asthma receiving mepolizumab who had an exacerbation during an acute ...

Dupilumab significantly reduced the risk of exacerbations compared with placebo in children with moderate to severe asthma, regardless of exacerbation history. Dupilumab was shown to consistently ...

For the study, researchers tracked 1,070 kids aged 12 to 18 who were overweight or obese and also had a diagnosis of asthma.

Analysis of insurance claims reveals that criteria other than the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) persistent asthma definition can identify more at-risk patients with ...

—Treating increasing asthma severity represents 80% of asthma care costs. So what can be done to bring down exacerbation rates? Biomarkers provide some clues. Reviewed by Ware Kuschner, MD, Professor ...

—While some patients truly have hard-to-treat asthma, many others experience frequent exacerbations that are brought on by other conditions or environmental triggers that physicians may overlook.

Only 15% of patients were adherent to ICS therapy 3 months after their asthma exacerbation, and less that one-fourth of those remained adherent 9 months later. Improved adherence to inhaled ...

A smaller proportion of those with previous- and subsequent-year exacerbations were rated as having well-controlled asthma with AIRQ vs the other 3 assessment modalities. The Asthma Impairment and ...

Respiratory infections are associated with wheezing illnesses in all ages and may also impact the development and severity of asthma. Respiratory tract infections caused by viruses, Chlamydophila or ...

A recent study has found that rhinovirus-induced exacerbation of asthma is in part mediated by the release of neutrophil extracellular traps and double-stranded DNA by neutrophils in the airway.