NPJ PRIMARY CARE RESPIRATORY MEDICINE | PERSPECTIVE OPEN npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine 25, Article number: 15004 (2015)  doi:10.1038/npjpcrm.2015.4 Mike Thomas  Abstract After decades of improvement, asthma outcomes have stalled. Mortality, hospitalisations, exacerbations and symptom…

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma. NICE interventional…

Canadian researchers measured asthma control and ICS adherence in 108 asthmatics participating in an integrated asthma care program for a year and 241 asthmatics who had normal care. Participants had…

Asthma Mobile Health Study With apps powered by Apple’s new ResearchKit, you can easily participate in medical research studies and help contribute to improving health care. Our team at the…

  Emma S. Chambers, PhD∗ Alexandra M. Nanzer, MRCP, Paul E. Pfeffer, MRCP, David F. Richards, MSc, Peter M. Timms, FRCPath,  Adrian R. Martineau, PhD, Christopher J. Griffiths, FRCGP, Christopher J.…

  Ulugbek B. Nurmatov, Nara Tagiyeva, Sean Semple, Graham Devereux andAziz Sheikh Abstract Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are ubiquitous domestic pollutants. Their role in asthma/allergy development and exacerbations is uncertain. This systematic review investigated…

Eur Respir Rev March 1, 2015vol. 24 no. 135 141-153 Cindy Barnig1 and Bruce D. Levy2 +Author Affiliations 1Dept of Chest Disease, University Hospital of Strasbourg and FMTS (Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg), Strasbourg,…

Michael J Abramson,1 Jennifer L Perret,2,3 Shyamali C Dharmage,2 Vanessa M McDonald,4 Christine F McDonald3 1School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, 2Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; 3Department of…

Research article Teresa To1234*, Jun Guan2, Jingqin Zhu12, M Diane Lougheed56, Alan Kaplan7, Itamar Tamari8, Matthew B Stanbrook249, Jacqueline Simatovic1, Laura Feldman13 and Andrea S Gershon11024 BMC Family Practice 2015, 16:19  doi:10.1186/s12875-015-0232-y Abstract Background Previous research has shown variations in quality of care…

  Research article Simone Accordini1*, Angelo Guido Corsico2, Lucia Calciano1, Roberto Bono3, Isa Cerveri2,Alessandro Fois4, Pietro Pirina4, Roberta Tassinari3, Giuseppe Verlato1 and Roberto de Marco1 *Corresponding author: Simone Accordini simone.accordini@univr.it Author Affiliations For all author emails, please log on. BMC Pulmonary…