Mark L. Fuerst

New findings and guidelines translate into better awareness, understanding, and clinical decision making.

About 90% of asthma patients use rescue inhalers--perhaps its because nearly 60% weren't instructed at diagnosis on asthma triggers to avoid. More results, here.

Variables associated with very poorly controlled asthma identified by TENOR II study offer targets for more aggressive disease management.

An FDA-mandated study finds use of LABA plus ICS in a single inhaler noninferior to ICS alone with regard to serious asthma outcomes.

An experimental cell-based therapy induces permanent allergen-specific immunologic tolerance to prevent IgE-mediated allergy.

Why has the number of food allergies increased but overall sensitization to food allergens remained static?

And the parameters of hypoxemia may be more sensitive than the apnea–hypopnea index.

This short slideshow highlights four new studies on eating habits that demonstrate how diet may affect patients’ health.

The discovery may spell relief for the large number of asthma patients that do not respond to conventional therapy.

New analysis of NCHS data found that obese women have nearly 2X the prevalence of asthma as women of normal weight.

Exposure to pollutants may cause internal stress that interferes with embryo implantation or placental development, say study authors.

Results of a new study help explain why your adult patients with atopy most likely have autumn birthdays.

Poor agreement between caregiver and children for report of symptoms and relief presents a challenge in clinical trials.

Associations between diabetes and heart failure, insulin resistance, cancer, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease have been identified.

Even patients who have had the condition for up to 10 years can reverse it by losing weight and then maintaining the weight loss.

The emerging therapy may help overcome drawbacks of existing immunotherapies, such as treatment duration and poor adherence.

Hay fever is common in adults age 65 years and older but there is little research on the efficacy of customary immunotherapy in this group.

Pioglitazone may prevent repeated cardiovascular events in some patients. Combined with omega-3 fatty acids, the drug also can improve lipid metabolism.

Recent research reveals how social media can help young patients avoid disease complications, how EHRs may ID patients for screening, and other findings.

Authors of a computer modeling study suggest their results can be used to improve public health strategies at the riskiest times of year.

This vulnerable population faces additional risk of reduced lung function through a complex interplay of genetics and environment.

Refinements based on new clinical information fill out the particulars of a newly updated comprehensive algorithm.

Here: a brief overview of 4 recent diabetes developments, including a call for a new way to classify the disease and a new online test for prediabetes.

Authors of a new study propose that suppression by asthma of adaptive immunity may increase the risk of zoster virus reactivation.

Authors of a new study found that the risk of asthma had the strongest association with infections occurring before age 3 years.

The newly released recommendations outline key goals and the tools to reach them, including a tiered approach to obesity management.

Diabetes isn’t going away anytime soon, but a new CDC report reveals encouraging signs of decline.

Vitamins C and E, in particular, have a beneficial effect on COPD risk and lung function in men, a new study found.

A range of options for metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer offer benefits, but impact on survival and sequencing guidance are less than optimal.

African American and white men in racially integrated communities with comparable incomes have far fewer differences in behaviors that contribute to poor health, this study showed.