Asthma

Oral vitamin D supplementation, in addition to asthma medications, could reduce the risk of asthma attacks requiring hospital attendance by 50%, according to a recently-published study in The Lancet of Respiratory Medicine.

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People with work-related asthma are particularly vulnerable to pneumococcal pneumonia.

Exercise and a high-protein, low-glycemic diet could improve asthma symptoms by 50%.

Concerns persist that excess folic acid supplementation may cause asthma in young children.

Recently, experimental animal interventions have suggested that folic acid intake that exceeds the recommended dose may increase risk of respiratory disease in offspring.

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Supplementation of vitamin D cut the risk of serious asthma attacks that require a visit to the hospital or emergency department in half in a recent study.

Exposing infants to high indoor levels of certain allergens may have a preventive effect on the development of asthma

Early life exposure to pet or pest allergens may reduce the likelihood of asthma development in young children, according to a recently-published study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.1

Children with asthma twice as likely to receive antibiotics.

Fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol (Trelegy Ellipta) is a single-inhaler triple therapy for the long-term, maintenance treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Lower respiratory tract infections were associated with worse outcomes.

Children with asthma were approximately 1.6 times more likely to be prescribed antibiotics, compared to children who do not have asthma.

The researchers noted that although the study does not prove that asthma caused the reduced fertility, they said the correlation may suggest better asthma control may facilitate efforts to become pregnant.

Interventions to address asthma symptoms include allergen sensitivity testing and exposure remediation.

An interview with Dr. Kaley Holmstrom, an IHS Ambulatory Care Resident at the Fort Defiance Indian Hospital in Fort Defiance, AZ

Study examines how a school nursing intervention helped reduce missed school days.

Common treatment for acute chest infections called into question.

The thing is, you still may get sick after getting the flu because there are other things such as the common cold that might cross your path.

The cost and adverse events associated with corticosteroids need to be considered for patients with severe asthma.

Instructional methods can improve effectiveness of hand-held inhalers for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Population growth and aging cause increase in disease burden from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The prevalence of lung conditions worldwide has increased, despite the overall decrease in the prevalence and death rates for asthma between 1990 and 2015, according to the results of the 2015 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study.

Conclusive evidence that supports the use of probiotics to prevent eczema and asthma in high-risk infants is lacking.