Asthma and Respiratory Disorders News

Individuals who used cannabis in the previous 30 days were more likely to have current asthma, with a dose-response relationship between frequency of use and odds for asthma, according to a study published in Preventive Medicine.

Asthma was more prevalent among adolescents who used cannabis in the previous 30 days compared with those who had not used it, according to a study published in Pediatric Pulmonology.

Researchers identified inducible laryngeal obstruction as associated with a high burden of morbidity and health care utilization, according to study results published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Jonathan A. Bernstein, MD, president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, is very excited about the group’s Annual Meeting, scheduled for Feb. 23-26 in Washington, D.C.

Adolescents with greater amounts of abdominal fat depots compared with their peers also had reduced lung function, regardless of previous adiposity or BMI, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a change to the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for fine particulate pollution from 12 µg/m3 to 9 µg/m3, according to a press release from the agency.

Patients with allergic conditions had a greater risk for COVID-19 diagnosis but a lower risk for dying of the disease than patients without these conditions, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

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

Patients with severe depression faced increased odds for cough, wheezing, exertional dyspnea, asthma and COPD vs. individuals without depression, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

The prevalence of severe persistent asthma among patients with asthma significantly ranges across the United States, from 19.6% in New Mexico to 31.9% in Alaska, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.