ALLMedicine™ Asthma Center

Jan 27th, 2023 - Allergic disorders have dramatically increased in prevalence over the past decade, particularly in developed countries, and primary prevention of allergic disease has proved an elusive goal. There is increasing evidence that the airway microbiome ...

Jan 27th, 2023 - To develop and validate a clinical prediction model to identify school-age asthma in preschool asthmatic children. In this retrospective prognosis cohort study, asthmatic children aged 3-5 years were enrolled with at least 2 years of follow-up, an...

Jan 27th, 2023 - While different COVID-19 vaccines have been developed, there has been lack of data on the efficacy comparison between mRNA and inactivated whole virus vaccine among patients with chronic respiratory diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive ...

Jan 26th, 2023 - THE CASE A 42-year-old man with a history of bipolar disorder with psychotic features, asthma, and chronic pain was brought to the emergency department (ED) by his father due to altered mental status, coughing, and vomiting. The patient was unable.

Jan 26th, 2023 - The Personalized Environment and Genes Study (PEGS) Health and Exposure Survey is designed to collect health, family history of disease, environmental exposures and lifestyle data on PEGS participants. PEGS was established to collect and store DNA...

Dec 21st, 2022 - Indoor gas stove use for cooking is associated with an increased risk of current asthma among children and is prevalent in 35% of households in the United States (US). The population-level implications of gas cooking are largely unrecognized. We q...

Oct 27th, 2022 - Inhaled corticosteroid and ultra-long-acting beta-agonist (ICS/uLABA) combination is a recent advancement in the armamentarium against obstructive airways diseases (OADs). The combination of ICS/uLABA has several advantages, creating a favorable l...

Oct 25th, 2022 - Since their discovery in the 1950s, rhinoviruses (RVs) have been recognized as a major causative agent of the “common cold” and cold-like illnesses, accounting for more than 50% of upper respiratory tract infections. However, more than that, respi...

May 31st, 2022 - Whether children and people with asthma and allergic diseases are at increased risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection is unknown.

May 18th, 2022 - SAN FRANCISCO -- For neighborhoods near a major coking operation in Pittsburgh, its shutdown at the end of 2015 was followed by markedly lower rates of respiratory disease hospitalizations, researchers reported here. Inpatient admissions for ch...

Jan 27th, 2023 - Allergic disorders have dramatically increased in prevalence over the past decade, particularly in developed countries, and primary prevention of allergic disease has proved an elusive goal. There is increasing evidence that the airway microbiome ...

Jan 26th, 2023 - The Personalized Environment and Genes Study (PEGS) Health and Exposure Survey is designed to collect health, family history of disease, environmental exposures and lifestyle data on PEGS participants. PEGS was established to collect and store DNA...

Jan 26th, 2023 - Intermittent caloric restricted or fasting has numerous health effects including the reduction in numerous cardiovascular and pulmonary disease risk factors. The cellular programs activated by caloric restriction are similarly regulated in preclin...

Jan 26th, 2023 - Asthma is a common disease and a significant public health problem, affecting one in every 10 individuals, nearly 30 million people in the US alone. About 5-10% of asthmatics have severe disease that is difficult to control with standard therapies...

Jan 26th, 2023 - The aim of the study is to characterize the impact of deployment-related pollution exposures during the Post-9/11 Gulf War Era on current respiratory health using objectively ascertained and standardized physiologic and epidemiologic measures. The...

Among more than 195,000 state quitline callers, 32.3% reported having one or more of the following chronic diseases: asthma, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes. Callers who had a chronic disease were typica...

Jan 26th, 2023 - THE CASE A 42-year-old man with a history of bipolar disorder with psychotic features, asthma, and chronic pain was brought to the emergency department (ED) by his father due to altered mental status, coughing, and vomiting. The patient was unable.

Jan 24th, 2023 - Higher baseline levels of physical activity and participation in sports among young children were associated with fewer days of symptoms from upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) such as the common cold, a cross-sectional study from Poland s...

Jan 20th, 2023 - The history and findings in this case are suggestive of eosinophilic asthma. Asthma is a common, chronic, and heterogeneous respiratory disease, most often characterized by chronic airway inflammation.

Jan 18th, 2023 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) pushed to make permanent the state's bans on school mask mandates and vaccine requirements for local governments and businesses. (Tallahassee Democrat) In Nevada, the El...