Asthma
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Asthma ED visits predict failed housing inspections
Asthma ED visits increased more than 1 year before a failed HUD inspection but were not elevated at housing units that passed inspection.
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Climate change magnifies health effects of wildfire smoke in care deserts
About 5.5 million Americans live in the 488 counties where drive times to pulmonologists are an hour or more.
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Mindfulness eases asthma burden
Asthma patients who practiced mindfulness experienced significant improvement in symptoms.
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Inhaled, systemic steroids linked to changes in brain structure
New research adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that glucocorticoids have significant effects on the brain, which could explain their...
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Minimal differences between biologics approved for severe asthma
“We know relatively little of the comparative effectiveness or safety of biologics approved for the treatment of asthma.”
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Biologics reduce exacerbations in severe asthma
Approximately 90% of severe asthma patients treated with biologics continued to use them.
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Mepolizumab curbed corticosteroid use for severe asthma
A majority of adult patients reduced their use of maintenance corticosteroids and experienced fewer clinically significant exacerbations.
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Frequent asthma deteriorations? Check for bronchiectasis
Annual exacerbation rates were higher in patients with bronchiectasis.
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Food allergy test breakthrough: Less risk, more useful results
The results give hope to those with food allergies that tomorrow’s gold-standard test will require only a blood sample without an emergency team...
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‘Smart inhalers’ may help diagnose and treat asthma – if used
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NAVIGATOR steers uncontrolled asthma toward calmer seas