Allergy/Asthma News

CLEVELAND — For patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria, lab testing can help to phenotype disease and guide treatment, according to James Fernandez, MD, PhD, an allergy and immunology specialist at the Cleveland Clinic.

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.

One of the most important questions physicians will need to answer is whether they will hire a financial advisor to help them manage their wealth or do it themselves.

Mentoring and being mentored are key to having a successful career in medicine, Wanda Phipatanakul, MD, MS, told Healio.

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.

A decrease in peanut specific IgE and specific IgG4 and Ara h 2 over time were associated with natural resolution of peanut allergy in a third of children by age 10 years, according to a study published in Allergy.