Asthma News

SAN DIEGO — Asthma prevalence varies widely among Asian American and Pacific Islander children, a group that often is aggregated in studies, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Greenness and foliage may have protective measures when it comes to respiratory outcomes in Bay Area communities in California, according to a poster shown at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Maternal diets were associated with risks for active asthma among children at age 6 years, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Breath profile clusters can predict positive response to anti-IL5 or anti-IL5R alpha asthma treatment 1 month after initiation, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — The relative expressions of three genes associated with the airway predicted mepolizumab response among urban children with asthma, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Parental metabolic markers of obesity were associated with pediatric asthma, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

When group 2 innate lymphoid cells become overactive, they can cause excessive inflammation and tighten the airways. But these immune cells depend on iron to generate energy.

SAN DIEGO — A model that applied machine learning to capnography signals accurately detected small airways disease among patients with asthma, according to a presentation at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

SAN DIEGO — Plasma metabolite profiles were significantly associated with cortisol levels among patients with asthma who use inhaled corticosteroids, according to a poster at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

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.