Asthma News

PARK CITY, Utah — Five trends will shape treatment for allergic airway diseases in the years ahead, according to a keynote speaker.

Among adults with difficult asthma and obesity, more improvement in asthma control and quality of life was found with a weight management program vs. usual care at week 16, according to results published in CHEST.

Mepolizumab, reslizumab and dupilumab were equally effective in controlling symptoms among patients with eosinophilic severe asthma, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

In this video, Kaharu Sumino, MD, MPH, spoke about case presentations and panel discussion on asthma relievers from the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Healio spoke with Kaharu Sumino, MD, MPH, to discuss an American Thoracic Society International Conference presentation on asthma reliever options available internationally.

Patients with both asthma and obesity had significantly worse small airway dysfunction as defined by oscillometry compared with patients who did not have obesity, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Disparities in mortality due to asthma in the United States vary based on whether they occurred in a hospital, ethnicity or race, and age of the patient, according to a letter published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

WASHINGTON — Children living in a household that reportedly ran out of food faced heightened odds for asthma and signs of wheezing with exercise, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Patients experienced differences in rates of ventilation, intubation, cardiac arrest and mortality after hospitalization for asthma based on race, according to a letter published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

As smoke from wildfires in Canada continues to impact the East Coast, the American Lung Association advises patients and physicians to take steps to prevent asthma exacerbations and other respiratory complications.