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Jun 14th, 2021 - Rationale, aims and objectives: Insufficient asthma education is an unmet need in Nigeria. We aimed to assess the feasibility of a nurse-led asthma education program and its effect on asthma knowledge and outcomes in Lagos, Nigeria.Methods: Using ...

Jun 14th, 2021 - ObjectivePharmacological treatment plays a key role in the management of asthma, but medication adherence is generally low. Our aim was to assess factors associated with dispensing patterns of, and adherence to, asthma medication in young adults w...

Jun 14th, 2021 - Benralizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against human IL-5 receptor alpha, is effective in treating eosinophilic severe asthma. However, patients' response to benralizumab varies widely. In this study, we aimed to identify a new serum biomar...

Jun 13th, 2021 - Infants with bronchiolitis are at increased risk for developing asthma. Growing evidence suggests bronchiolitis is a heterogeneous condition. To identify biologically-distinct subgroups based on the metabolome signatures (metabotypes) in infants w...

Jun 13th, 2021 - This article presents a concise overview of the important aspects of the immunologic mechanisms targeted by T-helper 2-directed monoclonal antibodies, as well as their practical applications in the treatment of allergic disorders (specifically all...

Dec 3rd, 2020 - Asthma is a major public health problem worldwide and is associated with excess morbidity, mortality, and economic costs associated with lost productivity. The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program has released the 2020 Asthma Guideline...

Aug 3rd, 2020 - In 2017, the Addendum Guidelines for the Prevention of Peanut Allergy were published with recommendations on early introduction of peanut-containing foods based on infants' clinical history. We sought to conduct a nationwide US survey to assess Gu...

Jul 8th, 2020 - Hypovitaminosis D has been linked to several non-bone diseases. Relation between 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and lung function and lung diseases has received little attention at the global level. Cross-sectional data from three National Health a...

Mar 14th, 2020 - Approximately 1% to 4% of all visits to primary care offices are for dyspnea.1 The proper use of pulmonary function tests can help differentiate many of the causes of dyspnea, monitor the progression of chronic pulmonary disease, and assess respon...

Jan 23rd, 2020 - Asthma and non-asthmatic eosinophilic bronchitis (NAEB) are among the commonest causes of chronic cough in adults. We sought to determine the role of non-invasive measurements of airway inflammation, including induced sputum and fractional exhaled...

Jun 17th, 2021 - Montelukast sodium chewable tablets are a leukotriene receptor antagonist indicated for: • Prophylaxis and chronic treatment of asthma in patients 2 years of age and older ( 1.1). • Acute prevention of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) in...

Jun 17th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - Habitual snoring increases odds for maximum asthma symptom days and health care utilization in children with persistent asthma, a study of inner-city kids suggests. Researchers examined data on 339 children (mean age 7.9 years) ...

Jun 16th, 2021 - The Royal College of Physicians(RCP) has committed to reviewing its medical curriculum to make sure doctors better understand the impacts of air pollution on health, following the death of nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah in February 2013. The...

Jun 15th, 2021 - When oral therapy is not feasible and the strength, dosage form, and route of administration of the drug reasonably lend the preparation to the treatment of the condition, the intramuscular use of DEPO-MEDROL Sterile Aqueous Suspension is indicate...

Jun 15th, 2021 - Fluticasone Propionate/Salmeterol DISKUS is a combination product containing a corticosteroid and a long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonist (LABA) indicated for: •Twice-daily treatment of asthma in patients aged 4 years and older. (1.1) •Maintenance ...

Jun 17th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - Habitual snoring increases odds for maximum asthma symptom days and health care utilization in children with persistent asthma, a study of inner-city kids suggests. Researchers examined data on 339 children (mean age 7.9 years) ...

Jun 16th, 2021 - The Royal College of Physicians(RCP) has committed to reviewing its medical curriculum to make sure doctors better understand the impacts of air pollution on health, following the death of nine-year-old Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah in February 2013. The...

Jun 14th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - Children with diabetes, obesity and cardiac and circulatory congenital anomalies were more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 and to be severely ill during while hospitalized, a new study finds. The Centers for Disease Cont...

Jun 13th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - Women who receive the influenza vaccination during pregnancy are no more likely than those who don't to have offspring with adverse health outcomes in early childhood, a new study suggests. Researchers examined data on 28,255 ch...

May 27th, 2021 - Results from the NAVIGATOR study of tezepelumab showed that treatment of adults and adolescents with severe, uncontrolled asthma with the new biologic led to a large reduction in exacerbations requiring hospital stays and ED visits. Tezepelumab, c...