Allergy/Asthma News

Nocturnal cough and sleep quality measured by a smartphone app may aid in the prediction of asthma progression, researchers reported at the virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.

Exposure to cadmium in the womb may impact the development of asthma and allergic diseases in childhood, according to research presented at the virtual European Respiratory Society International Congress.

An automatic electronic computer alert for general practitioners helped identify and reduce excessive prescribing of short-acting beta agonists for patients with asthma.

Stephen H. Kimura, MD, FAAAAI, is an allergy and immunology specialist from the West Florida Medical Center Clinic in Pensacola, Florida. 

Public health interventions and stay-at-home orders issued in March in the Philadelphia region to limit the transmission of COVID-19 also led to a marked decrease in health care visits for outpatient and hospitalized patients with asthma.

Vitamin D supplementation, compared with placebo, did not improve time to severe asthma exacerbation in children with persistent asthma and low vitamin D levels, according to new data published in JAMA.

Nearly 90% of health care professionals incorrectly answered questions based on the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases peanut allergy guidelines, survey results showed.

Children exposed to higher levels of air pollution are at an increased risk for developing asthma and persistent wheeze compared with those who are not exposed, according to a study published in The BMJ.

Allergy-related ED visits increased 14% in the United States between 2007 and 2015, researchers wrote in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Maternal exposure to heat, ozone or fine particulate matter related to climate change was associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth and low birth weight, according to a systematic review published in JAMA Network Open.