Peak asthma body updates smoking cessation advice
New asthma management guidance includes a role for second-line use of e-cigarettes as a quit aid.
Tag: Asthma
Asthma worsens in kids six months after COVID-19
First large study into asthma outcomes upends earlier studies by showing infected children require more medical treatments.
Adults with asthma ‘more likely to become obese’
A large cohort study finds several patient and disease-related factors predict a greater risk for weight gain.
Paroxysmal bronchospasm often missed, physician warns
The implications of the condition need to be better understood, the researcher says.
Asthma council rejects advice on intermittent ICS for kids
An international body recommends simultaneous preventer and reliever use even with mild intermittent symptoms.
Underuse of maintenance therapy and the over-reliance on reliever: asthma case study
A best practice approach to achieving symptom control
How to address non-adherence in difficult-to-control asthma
This case study highlights the problem and suggests a strategy to combat it
Identifying uncontrolled asthma in primary care: how to assess lung function
A useful lesson on how to assess lung function
Inhaler advice for difficult-to-treat asthma: a guide on a page
Handy infographic for navigating the changing treatment landscape
Antibiotics in later pregnancy ups a child’s asthma risk: study
But the increased chance only applies to children born vaginally, say Danish authors
