Asthma

New data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that robust asthma education and prevention programs are working.

Among new users of LABA and LAMA, treatment was associated with a 1.50-fold and a 1.52-fold increase in CVD risk, respectively.

The chances of getting pregnant for current asthmatics who managed their symptoms with SABAs was 15% lower when compared to non-asthmatics.

A 20-year study of over 6000 European participants found reason to be concerned over the harm of cleaning chemicals.

When patients are given comprehensive education, have medications in hand, and have a follow-up appointment scheduled at discharge, they’re less likely to be readmitted to the hospital.

A new study finds tighter fuel standards for ships will have a major impact on public health globally.

The guidelines were created by Vanderbilt’s Asthma Steering Committee and implemented in May 2014.

The overall risk of asthma in childhood increases with maternal use of proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists.

Inhaled anticholinergic bronchodilator tiotropium as an add-on therapy has the potential to reduce exacerbations.

A newly developed Environmental Scoring System proves useful in disparate home-based asthma intervention programs.

The CDC attributes up to 21% of US asthma deaths to occupational exposures, and considers many potentially avoidable.

Children whose mothers had a higher intake of sugar sweetened beverages and total fructose had a 19% greater chance of developing asthma in mid-childhood.

Two doses of dexamethasone resulted in similar outcomes with better adherence than five days of prednisone in children with acute asthma.

A 1 mcg/m3 increase in average fine PM was associated 7.2% increase in asthma hospitalizations for patients aged 5 to 20 years old.

From January 2012 to July 2017, the FDA reportedly received 79 Medical Device Reports (MDRs) pertaining to pneumothorax events, including 16 deaths.