Asthma: Making the Case for Increasing the Focus on Health-Related Quality of Life
Each year in the United States, about 15.4 million people are treated for asthma, but the impact...
Asthma
The Impacts of Severe Asthma on QOL & Productivity
“Asthma diagnosis and management are based on an unclear combination of subjective, symptom-based...
CME/CE – Conference Highlights: ATS 2021
This course discusses the key findings of five studies presented at the 2021 virtual American...
Atopic Dermatitis Linked With Greater Risk of Health Care Utilization for Asthma
While the occurrence of concomitant asthma and atopic dermatitis (AD) in patients is well known,...
Childhood Food Allergy, Sensitivity & Adult Airways Disease
We’ve long known that childhood food allergy and food allergen sensitization are associated with...
Ecotoxicity and photodegradation of Montelukast (a drug to treat asthma) in water.
The present work focuses on the ecotoxicological effects of montelukast sodium (MTL) and its photoproducts, obtained under environmentally-like conditions. Despite of the potential presence in surface waters and the common use...
Conference Highlights: ATS 2021
New research was presented at ATS 2021, the virtual American Thoracic Society International...
Diversity and complexity of mouse allergens in urine, house dust, and allergen extracts assessed with an immuno-allergomic approach.
Mouse allergy is an important cause of indoor asthma and allergic rhinoconjunctivitis. The major mouse allergen, Mus m 1, is a complex of homologous pheromone-binding lipocalinscalled major urinary proteins (MUPs).We analyzed...
Association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ventricular arrhythmia: a nationwide population-based cohort study.
The ventricular arrhythmia (VA)-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) association and related risk factors remain unclear. Using 2001-2012 data from National Health Insurance Research Database, we retrospectively reviewed...
Managing Respiratory Emergencies at School: A County-Wide Stock Inhaler Program.
Fifteen states allow schools to manage respiratory emergencies among multiple students using a single albuterol inhaler (stock inhaler) paired with a disposable holding chamber.To evaluate implementation barriers and...
Traffic generated emissions alter the lung microbiota by promoting the expansion of Proteobacteria in C57Bl/6 mice placed on a high-fat diet.
Air pollution has been documented to contribute to severe respiratory diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD). Although these diseases demonstrate a shift in the lung microbiota towards...
Physicians Say Onset, Duration of Action & Ease of Use Increase Treatment Compliance in Patients With Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Physicians Say Onset, Duration of Action & Ease of Use Increase Treatment Compliance in Patients With Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases
Onset and duration of action and ease of use were classified higher as important parameters to increase patients’ compliance, according to physicians’ perspectives reported in a study published in Pulmonology. To investigate the...
