Asthma
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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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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...
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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
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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...
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Asthma guidelines update FeNO, intermittent ICS use
Updated asthma management guidelines expand the role for inhaled corticosteroids and fractional exhaled nitric oxide testing.
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Medication adherence challenges and helpers
Thankfully, there are tools designed to help remind patients of what they need to take and when.
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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.