Pharmacist-led telepharmacy may improve medication adherence and reduce blood pressure in patients with NCDs
Pharmacist Led Telepharmacy May Improve Medication Adherence For Chronic Illness
This systematic review analyzed 21 trials involving 5440 participants to evaluate pharmacist-led telepharmacy for managing non-communicable …
Remote pharmacist services through phone or video may help patients with high blood pressure and diabetes stick to their daily medication pl…
Oral bacterial lysates reduce wheezing frequency and infection rates in children with asthma
Oral bacterial lysates may improve outcomes for children with asthma
This meta-analysis of 2,893 children with asthma found that oral bacterial lysates (OBLs) significantly reduced wheezing frequency (MD = -3.…
A review of data suggests that oral bacterial lysates could reduce wheezing and infection rates in children living with asthma.
Polygenic risk scores validate IL-1 signaling role in childhood asthma, supporting IL1R1 antagonist repurposing
New data links specific proteins to asthma risk in children
This meta-analysis of two family-based cohorts found that externally derived asthma polygenic risk scores (GBMI-PRS) are valid in children a…
Researchers found that certain genetic markers and protein levels can help identify the underlying causes of childhood asthma.
Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular risk, and allergic diseases in children
Ultra-processed foods linked to childhood weight and heart risks
This narrative review synthesizes evidence regarding the impact of ultra-processed food (UPF) on pediatric health. High UPF intake is linked…
High intake of ultra-processed foods is linked to weight gain, metabolic issues, and higher rates of asthma and skin conditions in children.
Structured physical activity improves FEV1% predicted by 5.79 and PAQLQ scores in patients with asthma
Structured Physical Activity Shows Benefits for People with Asthma
This meta-analysis of trials involving structured physical activity for at least 6 weeks found significant improvements in FEV1% predicted (…
Structured physical activity programs of at least 6 weeks may improve lung function and quality of life for people living with asthma.
System-level strategies and task-shifted care improve equity in global allergic disease management
Systemic Changes Could Improve Asthma Care in Underserved Communities
This guideline provides a narrative review of the global burden of allergic diseases, specifically focusing on underserved populations. It s…
New strategies like community health workers and digital tools could help bridge the gap in asthma care for underserved populations worldwid…
Casirivimab plus imdevimab reduced risk of hospitalization or death in patients with and without asthma
Trial shows antibody treatment helps COVID-19 patients with asthma
This randomized controlled trial evaluated casirivimab plus imdevimab (CAS + IMD) in outpatients with acute COVID-19. The study found that C…
A new trial shows a dual antibody treatment reduces hospitalization and death risk for COVID-19 patients, including those with asthma or ato…
Maternal free vitamin D linked to offspring asthma risk
Free Vitamin D in Pregnancy May Lower Child Asthma Risk
Maternal free 25OHD during pregnancy may better predict offspring asthma risk than total vitamin D, especially in mothers with asthma.
Mothers with asthma who had higher free vitamin D levels during pregnancy were less likely to have a child with asthma or wheeze by age 3.
HLA-DPA1 and HLA-DPB1 expression is downregulated in pediatric asthma with high diagnostic value
New guideline reveals molecular changes in pediatric asthma cells
This guideline presents a multi-level integrated transcriptomic analysis of pediatric asthma. The authors report significantly downregulated…
A new guideline shows specific immune cells in children with asthma are underactive and stressed, offering clues for future treatments.
Prenatal beta-2-adrenergic agonist exposure linked to increased ASD risk with aOR 1.34 preconception
Prenatal asthma drug use linked to higher autism risk in massive study
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated neurodevelopmental outcomes in offspring of pregnant women exposed to asthma medications.…
A huge analysis of millions of births found a link between taking asthma inhalers before or during pregnancy and autism in children.
FAM13A variants influence tissue destruction in COPD and fibrotic remodeling in pulmonary fibrosis
New research links FAM13A gene to lung disease tissue changes
This narrative review examines the role of FAM13A in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary fibrosis. The authors associate FAM…
A review suggests the FAM13A gene plays different roles in lung diseases like COPD and pulmonary fibrosis, offering clues for future treatme…
Anti-inflammatory reliever therapy outperforms SABA-only in asthma management
Doctors suggest using anti-inflammatory reliever therapy for better asthma control and safety
This narrative review compares anti-inflammatory reliever (AIR) therapy and SMART/MART with SABA-only bronchodilators for asthma. The author…
This review looks at asthma treatments. Using anti-inflammatory reliever therapy may help people breathe easier and stay safe compared to us…
Questions about Asthma
Can high ferritin levels predict acute asthma attacks in children?
High ferritin levels are linked to a higher risk of acute asthma attacks in children, but vitamin D levels do not show a clear benefit for lung function.
Full answer →What early-life exposures might increase the risk of childhood asthma?
Early-life exposures linked to higher childhood asthma risk include antibiotics, phthalates, prenatal cleaning products, tobacco smoke, air pollution, preterm birth, rapid weight gain, and gut/airway microbiome changes.
Full answer →What clinical remission definition do experts suggest for severe asthma?
Experts suggest clinical remission in severe asthma means no exacerbations, no oral corticosteroids, good symptom control, and stable or optimal lung function.
Full answer →Does biologic therapy improve asthma control for patients with severe asthma?
Yes, biologic therapy significantly improves asthma control for patients with severe asthma, reducing exacerbations and improving symptoms and lung function.
Full answer →What are the lung function goals for patients with severe asthma?
Lung function goals for severe asthma focus on achieving optimal individual FEV1 and maintaining stability, rather than normal values, as part of clinical remission.
Full answer →Is tezepelumab a treatment option for severe asthma patients with low inflammation?
Yes, tezepelumab is approved for severe asthma regardless of inflammation type, including low type 2 inflammation, though benefit may be smaller in these patients.
Full answer →Can switching asthma biologics help reduce severe asthma attacks?
Switching asthma biologics often reduces severe asthma attacks, improves lung function, and lowers the need for oral steroids, though the specific benefit depends on a patient's inflammation type.
Full answer →Does nurse-led rehabilitation consultation help improve my asthma control in primary care?
Yes, a 2023 trial found that a nurse-led structured rehabilitation consultation significantly improved asthma control, quality of life, and patient enablement in primary care compared to usual nursing care.
Full answer →All Asthma Articles
- Oral bacterial lysates reduce wheezing frequency and infection rates in children with asthma
- Polygenic risk scores validate IL-1 signaling role in childhood asthma, supporting IL1R1 antagonist repurposing
- Pharmacist-led telepharmacy may improve medication adherence and reduce blood pressure in patients with NCDs
- Structured physical activity improves FEV1% predicted by 5.79 and PAQLQ scores in patients with asthma
- Ultra-processed food consumption is associated with metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular risk, and allergic diseases in children
- System-level strategies and task-shifted care improve equity in global allergic disease management
- Casirivimab plus imdevimab reduced risk of hospitalization or death in patients with and without asthma
- Maternal free vitamin D linked to offspring asthma risk
- HLA-DPA1 and HLA-DPB1 expression is downregulated in pediatric asthma with high diagnostic value
- FAM13A variants influence tissue destruction in COPD and fibrotic remodeling in pulmonary fibrosis
- Anti-inflammatory reliever therapy outperforms SABA-only in asthma management
- Prenatal beta-2-adrenergic agonist exposure linked to increased ASD risk with aOR 1.34 preconception
- Telemedicine strategies improve asthma control and quality of life in adults
- Respiratory microbiome composition in children offers new ideas for precision treatment of respiratory diseases and asthma
- Genetic variants and environmental factors like PM2.5 exposure may increase asthma risk in susceptible individuals
- Review of animal models for allergic fungal airway disease and asthma
- Systematic review finds vitamin D supplementation offers no lung function benefit for children with asthma
- Meta-analysis identifies rare gene-trait associations across 1.2 million individuals in global biobanks
- Meta-analysis finds ADHD linked to asthma but no causal effect in children
- Speleotherapy improves asthma control and breathing patterns in patients with respiratory conditions
- Telenursing review shows reduced COPD and asthma exacerbations and hospitalizations
- Narrative review on vitamin D and VDR in gastrointestinal and pulmonary diseases
- Immediate smoking cessation support increases 12-month quit rates in adults with chronic airway diseases
- Narrative review of Europe-licensed anti-asthmatic biologics for severe pediatric asthma notes limited pediatric evidence
- Systematic review and meta-analysis on cold air bronchial challenge test for asthma diagnosis
- Systematic review on nocebo effect induction in chronic conditions and clinical communication
- Narrative review discusses EV-associated non-coding RNAs in paediatric asthma
- Switching Biologics in Severe Asthma Patients Shows Improved Clinical Outcomes and Reduced Exacerbations Across Multiple Therapies
- Expert consensus guidelines for N-acetylcysteine use in various respiratory conditions
- Resistance Training with Photobiomodulation Improves Muscle Strength in Difficult-to-Control Asthma
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of Yupingfeng Powder for bronchial asthma in adults
- Emergency-use spacers improve salbutamol delivery in asthmatics compared to pMDI alone
- Repeated counseling with pMDI devices reduced inhalation errors in adult asthma patients compared to pMDI alone
- Montelukast vs Tiotropium Added to ICS in Children With Asthma
- Nurse-led rehabilitation consultation improves asthma control in primary care
- New propellant HFA-152a in BDP/FF/G pMDI shows similar efficacy to HFA-134a in asthma
- Systematic review and meta-analysis links swimming pool attendance to increased asthma risk in children
- Meta-analysis finds childhood asthma linked to higher risk of obstructive sleep apnea
- Meta-analysis shows pharmaceutical care improves asthma and COPD management outcomes in 4173 patients
- Systematic Bioinformatics Review Maps Asthma Molecular Architecture Across Thirty-One Cell Types
- Early-Life Exposures Linked to Childhood Asthma in Canadian Cohort
- Narrative review proposes framework for TWAS signature-matching in drug prioritization
- EMS Bundle for Pediatric Life-Threatening Asthma Evaluated in PECARN Pilot
- Narrative review discusses tezepelumab for severe asthma in type 2-low patients on GINA Step 4–5 therapy
- Serum specific IgE testing reveals dust mite sensitization in 37.0% of patients with allergic diseases in Ningbo, China
- FeNO measurement shows limited diagnostic performance for asthma in school-age children
- Moxibustion plus montelukast for cough variant asthma with wind cold
- Single-center retrospective study associates ferritin and eosinophil levels with acute asthma exacerbation in children
- Benralizumab reduces asthma exacerbations in severe eosinophilic asthma patients over 24 weeks
- Meta-analysis identifies DNA methylation markers linked to asthma exacerbations in diverse pediatric populations
- Observational biobank study compares phenomic and social determinants for disease risk prediction
- Combined digital and paper audit feedback did not improve asthma prescribing versus digital-only in primary care
- Adjuvanted RSV vaccine shows efficacy against RSV disease in older adults with comorbidities
- Feasibility study abstract evaluates home spirometry and FeNO for asthma diagnosis in adults
- Narrative review examines lung microbiome and mucosal IgA in chronic inflammatory lung diseases
- Relaxation training and early benzodiazepines linked to respiratory recovery in adults with COPD, pneumonia, asthma, bronchiectasis, or interstitial lung disease
- Acupuncture with lung-large intestine theory improves asthma exacerbation outcomes versus conventional therapy
- Systematic review evaluates anti-IL-5 and anti-IL-5Rα biologics for eosinophilic respiratory and systemic diseases
- Strategies to screen and reduce adverse events in patients with asthma using systemic corticosteroids
- Systematic review examines miRNA-mediated neutrophil regulation for acute lung injury, asthma, fibrosis, and lung cancer
- Systematic review examines IL-5-targeted and multi-target therapies for eosinophil-associated diseases including asthma and COPD
- Peri- and postmenopausal hormonal changes may exacerbate asthma, rhinitis, cough, allergies, hypersensitivity, anaphylaxis, and angioedema
- Budesonide-glycopyrronium-formoterol fumarate dihydrate improved lung function and reduced severe exacerbations versus budesonide-formoterol in inadequately controlled asthma
- Meta-analysis links asthma, passive smoking, and frequent snacks to recurrent respiratory infections in preschoolers
- Mepolizumab plus FESS improved lung function and symptoms versus mepolizumab alone in severe CRSwNP
- Meta-analysis of mercury exposure in children associates with higher prevalence of asthma, atopic dermatitis, and other allergic outcomes
- Respiratory virus prevalence is higher in acute asthma than stable asthma across children and adults
- House dust mite immunotherapy reduces IgE and symptoms in Indonesian children with allergic rhinitis and asthma
- Baseline inflammation patterns in severe asthma patients receiving biologic therapy
- Asthma associated with increased odds of venous thromboembolism, pulmonary embolism, and deep vein thrombosis in observational studies
- Systematic review finds moderate to substantial concordance among fungal sIgE detection kits for asthma
- FOXA transcription factors modulate epithelial integrity and inflammation in allergic asthma models
- Phase 1 trial finds inhaled JAK1 inhibitor londamocitinib reduces Feno in mild asthma
- Survey finds higher current asthma prevalence among US adult women compared to men
- Asthma surveillance data shows disparities by demographics, poverty, and geography in US
- Surveillance data show summer 2022 increases in pediatric acute respiratory illness and asthma
- Case report describes fatal occupational asthma in U.S. cannabis production worker
- Observational report examines asthma ED visits during 19-day U.S. wildfire smoke episode
- Wildfire Smoke Exposure Associated with Asthma Emergency Department Visits in New York
- Parental autoimmune diseases associated with increased risk of asthma, eczema in offspring
- Phase 2 trial proposes 129XeMRI and RNA sequencing to study airway remodeling in obese asthma
- Review proposes DC-NK metabolic checkpoint concept in viral asthma exacerbations
- Mobile App Plus Standard Care Shows Mixed Results for Asthma Control in Malaysian Adults
- Remote digital asthma management shows modest quality of life and lung function improvements in adults
- Asia-Pacific experts propose clinical remission definition and lung function goals for severe asthma
- Digital albuterol system feasibility studied in 333 asthma patients with suboptimal control
- Pink vs. white inhaler actuators studied for asthma symptom perception in crossover trial
- Phase 2 trial tests amlitelimab add-on therapy in adults with moderate-to-severe asthma
- VALIANT: Phase 2 trial of verekitug (UPB-101) for severe asthma completes enrollment of 479 patients
- Phase 2b Study Evaluates KT-621 for Eosinophilic Asthma
- Phase 2 Study Evaluates Brenipatide for Moderate-to-Severe Asthma
- IMP2ART Pilot Shows Feasibility for Asthma Self-Management in UK Primary Care