Asthma
From the Journals
E-cigarette use tied to increased COPD, asthma risk
The clinical outcome were consistent with studies assessing in vivo biomarkers of e-cigarette exposure in animal subjects, human participants, and...
From the Journals
Asthma guidelines update FeNO, intermittent ICS use
Updated asthma management guidelines expand the role for inhaled corticosteroids and fractional exhaled nitric oxide testing.
Opinion
Medication adherence challenges and helpers
Thankfully, there are tools designed to help remind patients of what they need to take and when.
Conference Coverage
No evidence to guide selection of biologic for severe asthma
When the starting biologic doesn’t get the desired results, there is no evidence to show whether another will work better.
Supplements
Severe Asthma: Changing the Game
From the Journals
More data on impact of corticosteroids on COVID-19 mortality in patients with COPD
Patients with COPD or asthma who used ICS on a regular basis were more likely to die from COVID-19.
News from the FDA/CDC
Black women at highest risk for asthma
In a national survey, black women and men were more likely to have asthma, compared with other races/ethnicities.
Opinion
Kids with food allergies the newest victims of COVID-19?
News from the FDA/CDC
By the numbers: Asthma-COPD overlap deaths
Conference Coverage
Omalizumab shown to improve chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps
A subset analysis has found that the monoclonal antibody omalizumab improved outcomes in people who have chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps...