Asthma News

WASHINGTON — Birth weight influences lung function and airway responsiveness beyond changes in lung size, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

WASHINGTON — Childhood Opportunity Index 2.0 scores better predicted whether children with asthma in urban areas will experience exacerbations compared with household income or parental education, according to published data.

WASHINGTON — Violence and maltreatment in childhood were linked to greater risk for asthma among patients with positive biomarkers of high Th2 immunity, according to data presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

WASHINGTON — Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy and sufficient exposure to vitamin D at age 12 months were associated with less asthma and recurrent wheeze by age 3 years, according to data presented here.

WASHINGTON — Most families of children with asthma in an urban population reported at least one measure of deprivation, most frequently housing issues, according to data presented at ATS 2023.

Children with asthma who moved from distressed neighborhoods and into low-poverty neighborhoods experienced significant improvements in symptom days and exacerbations, according to a study published in JAMA.

Poor mental and social health among caregivers of preschoolers with wheeze was associated with more symptoms and wheezing among those children, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

The American Thoracic Society International Conference will be held May 19 to 24 in Washington, D.C., with a broad focus on advocacy and global health in many different forms.

Individual and aggregate social needs were associated with poor asthma control among a population of predominantly under-resourced children, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

The risk for regular and severe future exacerbations in children aged 1 to 5 years with severe wheeze can be found through bronchial remodeling, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.