Asthma

Patients with asthma managing their disease through a smartphone app had greater improvements in asthma control and quality of life than patients receiving usual care, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

Adolescents experienced better control of their rhinitis and asthma than young adults and adults, although all three age groups reported similar medication adherence, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Individuals who used cannabis in the previous 30 days were more likely to have current asthma, with a dose-response relationship between frequency of use and odds for asthma, according to a study published in Preventive Medicine.

Both a chronic productive cough and an intermittent productive cough were linked to poor lung function trajectories spanning from childhood to adulthood, according to study results published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Asthma was more prevalent among adolescents who used cannabis in the previous 30 days compared with those who had not used it, according to a study published in Pediatric Pulmonology.

Researchers identified inducible laryngeal obstruction as associated with a high burden of morbidity and health care utilization, according to study results published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Jonathan A. Bernstein, MD, president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, is very excited about the group’s Annual Meeting, scheduled for Feb. 23-26 in Washington, D.C.

Adolescents with greater amounts of abdominal fat depots compared with their peers also had reduced lung function, regardless of previous adiposity or BMI, according to a study published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology.

Patients with allergic conditions had a greater risk for COVID-19 diagnosis but a lower risk for dying of the disease than patients without these conditions, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

More frequent use of household cleaning products led to higher odds of current or uncontrolled asthma. The highest odds were associated with the use of disinfectant wipes, according to a recent study.