Asthma and Respiratory Disorders News

SAN DIEGO — Parental metabolic markers of obesity were associated with pediatric asthma, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

When group 2 innate lymphoid cells become overactive, they can cause excessive inflammation and tighten the airways. But these immune cells depend on iron to generate energy.

SAN DIEGO — A model that applied machine learning to capnography signals accurately detected small airways disease among patients with asthma, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Plasma metabolite profiles were significantly associated with cortisol levels among patients with asthma who use inhaled corticosteroids, according to a poster at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

The use of electronic nicotine delivery systems by adults in the last 30 days was associated with earlier ages of asthma onset, suggesting that public health measures should be taken to motivate users to stop, according to a recent study.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with asthma and hypertension tended to be older and had higher BMI than those patients with asthma who did not have hypertension, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Greenhouse gas emissions associated with severe asthma care are a substantial portion of the health care carbon footprint in the U.K., according to a poster presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Healio compiled the most-read news in allergy, asthma and immunology posted in May.

SAN DIEGO — Children with asthma who used metformin experienced decreases in asthma-related hospitalizations and oral steroid use, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Study participants tolerated an inhaled therapeutic that silences the expression of a receptor for advanced glycation end-products in the lungs, according to a poster at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.