Asthma

May is Asthma Awareness Month and so a look at new studies highlighting key aspects of management is in order.

Prescribing has gone from underuse to substantial overprescribing. The challenge is to get it just right.

Click through this slide summary for a look at some of the more significant approvals so far for primary care.

Risk may be reduced by about one-third in the children of pregnant women who take these supplements.

Asthma medications reduced obesity risk. Which type of medication surprised the researchers.

The test should not be used alone to screen for asthma in asymptomatic young persons outside of the clinic.

The combination results in worse asthma control and a variety of health and quality of life issues.

Severe asthma symptoms but low allergy and inflammation levels may mean poor response to guideline-based therapy.

Study: Among adolescents age 13-19 years, those with asthma were twice as likely to smoke as their healthy counterparts. Solutions?

Adding oral vitamin D supplements to standard asthma medications can get it done.

Obstructive sleep apnea, common in patients who have asthma, may contribute to severe exacerbations.

Antibiotic Rx rates and respiratory tract infections are not affected by probiotic treatment as part of routine winter infection advice.

There is no clinically important benefit of adding azithromycin treatment to standard medical care, a study shows.

The findings of these 2 new studies are in contrast to those of previous trials, which had conflicting results.

The rate of events was higher in patients with late‐onset asthma-but not in those with early‐onset asthma-than in nonasthmatics.

For patients with house dust mite allergic disease, persistent symptoms are common and increase the risk for asthma exacerbations.

One-third of young adults (mid-20s) who had persistent asthma in childhood met GOLD criteria for obstructive lung disease.

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.

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.

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.