Asthma News

• What Health Experts Say Wildfire Smoke Novices Need to Know Wildfires are increasingly causing destruction and illness around the world, but the smoke drifting southward from eastern Canada this week is a new experience for the tens of millions who live in the US Northeast.
  Reuters Health Information, June 08, 2023
• Real-World Study Extends Benralizumab Asthma Benefit Benralizumab is a highly effective biologic for the management of severe eosinophil asthma.
  Medscape Medical News, June 07, 2023
• MDs With Chronic Illness Live in a Different Medical World Physicians with chronic illnesses face unique professional challenges, including resistance from other physicians when they seek treatment. But they also have a much richer understanding of their own patients.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2023
• Scientists Discover Genomic Variants for Rare Skin Disease Treatment with a JAK inhibitor was found to alleviate symptoms in the small study of patients with disabling pansclerotic morphea, a rare, severe inflammatory skin disorder, first described in 1923.
  MDedge News, June 02, 2023
• Using 'Green' Buses Could Up School Attendance Switching to greener, cleaner, and more reliable buses may cut down on student absences.
  Quick Take, May 31, 2023
• Enthesitis Linked to Dupilumab Use for Atopic Dermatitis Musculoskeletal symptoms identified in some patients treated with dupilumab for atopic dermatitis could help further understanding of how enthesitis develops.
  Medscape Medical News, May 31, 2023
• ATS 2023 Antiepithelial-derived Cytokines Need Targeting for Asthma Data from a meta-analysis suggest that patients with low eosinophil counts derive little benefit from these therapies.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2023
• Sublingual Immunotherapy Stops Onset and Worsening of Asthma The French EfficAPSI study confirmed that sublingual liquid immunotherapy or "desensitization" reduces the risks for asthma onset and the worsening of asthma in patients with allergic rhinitis.
  Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2023
• ATS 2023 Dupilumab Curbs Acute COPD Exacerbations Patients treated with dupilumab for COPD also showed significant improvements in lung function at 12 and 52 weeks.
  Medscape Medical News, May 22, 2023
• Air Pollution Is a Fatal Threat to Children in Europe The European Environment Agency recently reviewed the effects of air pollution on children's health and outlined measures for reducing their exposure to it.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2023
• Asthma Tied to Increased Risk for Multiple Cancers Asthma appears to increase the risk for melanoma as well as lung, blood, kidney, and ovarian cancers, but treatment with an inhaled steroid might reduce that risk.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2023
• The Breath-taking Effects of Climate Change Pollen storms, air pollution, flooding, and other phenomena related to climate change are taxing pulmonary care specialists as never before.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2023
• General, Abdominal Obesity Linked to Respiratory Illness Obesity types were associated with asthma and COPD.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2023
• ADAA 2023 Long-Term Impact of Childhood Trauma Explained New evidence helps explain the link between childhood trauma and adult depression and anxiety.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2023
• Sanofi Q1 Profit Buoyed by Dupixent Sales French drugmaker Sanofi on Thursday posted better-than-expected earnings as continued gains from anti-inflammatory drug Dupixent more than offset declining sales from an established MS drug.
  Reuters Health Information, April 27, 2023
• California's Medicaid Experiment Spends Money to Save Money Gov. Gavin Newsom's ambitious experiment in healthcare is supposed to cut costs as it fills the needs of hard-to-reach people. The program's start is chaotic and limited, but it shows promise.
  Kaiser Health News, April 25, 2023
• You've Quit Smoking with Vaping. Now What? Many Americans use vapes to quit smoking cigarettes. But because of nicotine levels of e-cigarettes, patients also may need help quitting the unauthorized cessation tools.
  Medscape Medical News, April 14, 2023
• Can Asthma Incidence Be Reduced by Attention to Sleep Disorders? Study takes genetic and sleep disorder risk into account.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2023
• What Will Vaping Lead To? Research Shows Damage, and Addiction What do scientists know about the harms of vaping? Evidence is still inconclusive, but early studies show that vapers will likely face long-term health repercussions.
  Medscape Medical News, April 13, 2023
• ATS: Take Race Out of Spirometry The American Thoracic Society now advises clinicians use a race-neutral average reference to assess lung function.
  Medscape Medical News, April 05, 2023