World Asthma Day 2016
World Asthma Day is an annual event organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) to improve asthma awareness and care around the world.
Featured: Sickle cell disease: wheeze or asthma?
This review on the association between sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma focusses on: 1) Our current understanding of the epidemiology of asthma, wheezing, airway obstruction, and airway responsiveness among…
Child maltreatment and pediatric asthma: a review of the literature
Hannah M. C. Schreier, Edith Chen and Gregory E. Miller Asthma Research and Practice20162:7 DOI: 10.1186/s40733-016-0022-x Abstract Background Child maltreatment is a common problem with known adverse consequences, yet its contributions to the development and course of pediatric asthma are…
CXC chemokine superfamily induced by Interferon-γ in asthma: a cross-sectional observational study
Article alert The following new article has just been published in Asthma Research and Practice Research CXC chemokine superfamily induced by Interferon-γ in asthma:…
Treatment of asthma in young children: evidence-based recommendations
Asthma Research and Practice 2016 2:5 DOI: 10.1186/s40733-016-0020-z Jose A. Castro-Rodriguez Email author, Adnan Custovic and Francine M. Ducharme Abstract In the present review, we focus on evidence-based data for the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), leukotriene receptor antagonist…
Join WAO at Interasma for the COSA Symposium
Join WAO at Interasma for the COSA Symposium: Approaches to Severe Asthma. WAO experts will present on severe asthma during Interasma’s World Congress on Asthma (WCA) in Madrid, Spain, on…
GINA will be present in the WCA 2016
XXIII World Congress of AsthmaMarch 12 – 15, 2016 Madrid Spain Madrid is hosting the World Congress of Asthma, organized by the Global Asthma Association / Interasma from March…
World Congress of Asthma 2016. Madrid, March 12-15. General Information.
Congress Venue Meliá Castilla Calle del Capitán Haya, 43 Madrid 28020 Spain Climate and Dress Code Madrid and its metropolitan area has a Mediterranean climate with continental influences, with mild…
The following new article has just been published in Asthma Research and Practice
Research Once-daily fluticasone furoate/vilanterol versus twice daily combination therapies in asthma–mixed treatment comparisons of clinical efficacy Svedsater H, Stynes G, Wex J, Frith L, Leather D, Castelnuovo E, Detry…
WCA 2016 – Venue and General Information
General Information Congress Venue Meliá Castilla Calle del Capitán Haya, 43 Madrid 28020 Spain Climate and Dress Code Madrid and its metropolitan area has a Mediterranean climate with continental…