Asthma
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Dietitian-led weight loss program improves difficult-to-treat asthma in obese patients
Clinically important improvements seen in asthma control and quality of life over 16 weeks compared to usual care.
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Frequent visits to green spaces linked to lower use of some meds
Finnish city dwellers who often visited green spaces, such as parks and community gardens, used fewer psychotropic, antihypertensive, and asthma...
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Muscle weakness predicts poor outcomes in asthma patients
Lower muscle mass was associated with lower functional exercise capacity in adults with asthma.
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Best Practice Implementation and Clinical Inertia
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More evidence links asthma severity to age of onset
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Gaps in follow-up care put kids with asthma at risk of severe recurrence
Dr. Bardach’s group estimated that, for every 30 children who have follow-up visits with a physician, one would avoid a return trip to the ED for...
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Obesity linked to combined OSA syndrome and severe asthma
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FDA approves generic Symbicort for asthma, COPD
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Asthma: Easy strategy reduces exacerbations, improves control
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Azithromycin doesn’t prevent recurrent wheezing after acute infant RSV
Antibiotics are frequently given to patients with RSV bronchiolitis, although this practice is not supported by AAP guidelines.