Intended Audience: Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, and Nurses Exacerbations, lung function, medication use, daily activities – there are many ways in which asthma control can be assessed. In…
Intended Audience: Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Nurses, and Case Managers Recent years have brought many updates in the world of asthma. But what does this mean for your…
What is safe enough – asthma in pregnancy – a review of current literature and recommendations Asthma causes complications during pregnancies, however women still discontinue therapy due to inadequate education…
Research article – Open Access – Open Peer Review Caroline Carney and Michaela Benzeval BMC Public Health 2019 19:690 Open Peer Review reports Abstract Background Lung function is lower in people with disadvantaged socio-economic position (SEP) and is…
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have studied which genes are expressed in overactive immune cells in mice with asthma-like inflammation of the airways. Their results, which are published in the journal…
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology Research – Open Access Nour Baïz, Jocelyne Just, Julie Chastang, Anne Forhan, Blandine de Lauzon-Guillain, Anne-Marie Magnier, Isabella Annesi-Maesano and the EDEN Mother-Child Cohort Study Group Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2019 15:40 Abstract Background Consumption of certain foods during pregnancy has been shown…
Research Open Access Jing Guo, Wenjing Zhu, Huimin Wang, Patrick G. Holt, Guicheng Zhang and Chuanhe Liu Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology 2019 15:38 Abstract Background Nearly all the investigations into the risk factors for wheezing and asthma were conducted in developed countries with a high…
Understanding lung cells and their signals could help towards finding new asthma drug targets News article by the Communications Team17 Jun 2019 An airway wall biopsy from a patient with…
Respiratory Research Research – Open Access Matthieu Veil-Picard†, Thibaud Soumagne†, Rechana Vongthilath, Isabella Annesi Maesano, Alicia Guillien, Lucie Laurent, Pascal Andujar, Nicolas Roche, Stephane Jouneau, Benoit Cypriani, Jean-Jacques Laplante, Bruno Degano and Jean-Charles Dalphin †Contributed equally Respiratory Research 2019 20:124 Abstract Allergic mechanisms related to environmental and occupational exposure have been suggested to contribute to the development of chronic obstructive…
Smoking and tobacco – Research BMJ Open Kentaro Watai, Kiyoshi Sekiya, Hiroaki Hayashi, Yuma Fukutomi, Masami Taniguchi. Abstract Objective In daily clinical practice, smokers with asthma and with intermittent disease severity are frequently encountered. The…