Asthma care continues to develop, particularly in how treatment and long-term management are approached. This article outlines current treatment and management recommendations for patients aged 12 and ...

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Credit: Getty Images The GINA 2024 asthma update includes new guidance on medications, monitoring, treatment goals, remission, cough variant asthma, children, and more. The Global Initiative for ...

Scientists have found a new treatment for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that may be more effective than current options. Over the past 50 years, treatment options ...

Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic inflammatory respiratory diseases across the globe, with a significant increase in mortality and morbidity in recent years, affecting all age groups ...

The wheezing. The coughing. The extreme and sudden shortness of breath. These are symptoms that are attached to asthma, which is a surprisingly common condition. According to the Asthma and Allergy ...

PARIS — Pregnancy is a period of asthma instability; it entails an increased risk for exacerbations. While therapeutic de-escalation, if not the outright cessation of maintenance treatment, is common, ...

As evidenced by a debate at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2023, the pulmonology community disagrees on whether the overlap of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a distinct entity ...

A peak flow meter is a simple, small, hand-held tool that can help you maintain control of asthma by providing a measurement of how well air moves out of the lungs. After blowing into the device, the ...

In December 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Tezspire (tezepelumab-ekko; Amgen, Inc and AstraZeneca AB), a thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) blocker, for the add-on ...

A recent trial finds an injection given during some asthma and COPD attacks is more effective than the current treatment of steroid tablets, reducing the need for further treatment by 30%. An ...