Mixed Results With Anti-Interleukin Biologics in Asthma One shows promise; another fails miserably (and mysteriously) Oct 27, 2021
Azithromycin Use Tied to Fewer Exacerbations in Asthma Patients Prophylactic benefits observed in real-world study Oct 20, 2021
Dupilumab Improves Lung Function for Kids With Asthma Adding monoclonal antibody led to rapid and sustained improvements, study showed Oct 18, 2021
CHEST 2021: Pandemic Still Dominates 18 Months In But the rest of respiratory and thoracic medicine gets its due, too Oct 15, 2021
No Burgers for Baby to Minimize Asthma Risk Unexpected consequence seen from "excessive" meat-based foods in infancy Sep 08, 2021
Good News (Mostly) for Asthma Patients During Pandemic But could one common drug be problematic? Sep 07, 2021
House Members Argue for Puerto Rico Coal Plant Shutdown Plant is releasing toxic coal ash, sickening the nearby community, lawmakers and witnesses say Jul 01, 2021
Dupixent Improves Lung Function in Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma VOYAGE phase III trial also showed exacerbation reductions May 18, 2021
Asthma Med Adherence: Do High Insurance Deductibles Make a Difference? Study findings may surprise you May 10, 2021
Is Asthma Tx a Breath of Fresh Air for Early COVID-19 Patients? Markedly reduced hospitalizations with inhaled steroid in small, open-label trial Feb 09, 2021
Novel Biologic Effective for Both Allergic, Non-Allergic Asthma Reduced exacerbations, improved lung function Nov 16, 2020
Mask Mandate Exemptions Put Pulmonary Patients at Risk Exemptions aren't evidence based, respiratory group says Oct 02, 2020
Fixed Triple Therapy Improves Lung Function in Asthma Patients Trelegy Ellipta wins FDA approval as asthma treatment Sep 10, 2020
Sobering Data on Risks of Short-Term Oral Corticosteroids Short steroid bursts linked to serious adverse events within a month Jul 06, 2020
Asthma and T1D in Kids: It's Complicated Why would an association go in only one direction? Mar 12, 2020
Montelukast Warning Upgraded Existing risk information not prominent enough and needs a black box, FDA decides Mar 04, 2020
Biologics Hold Promise as Nasal Polyp Treatment Omalizumab, dupilumab show efficacy in patient with and without asthma Nov 10, 2019
Benralizumab: A Second Chance in Patients With COPD? Findings are hypothesis-generating but "invaluable," one researcher says Sep 30, 2019
Asthma Specialists Attack Return of Primatene Mist FDA approval process, clinical need questioned in commentary Jul 07, 2019
New Paint: Another Asthma Trigger in Kids? Small study suggests big increase in exacerbation risk May 24, 2019
Switching Meds Getting More Common in Severe Asthma Patients Newer agents get the call when Xolair fails to control disease May 23, 2019
Secondhand Smoke May Set Kids Up for Hypertension Researchers measure link between tobacco-specific nitrosamine and higher blood pressure Apr 29, 2019
Antibiotics Rx Common, but Variable, in Pediatric ICU Children given antibiotics were on mechanical ventilation for fewer days Feb 20, 2019
California Fire: What is the Impact on Health in the Long Run? "There is simply no precedent for this," expert says at ACAAI annual meeting Nov 18, 2018
Primatene Mist Returns After 7-Year Absence Reformulated asthma inhaler OK'd for over-the-counter sale Nov 08, 2018
Pets Need Not Derail Asthma Control in Kids Following NAEPP treatment guidelines improved control in 3-year study Oct 09, 2018
PDE3/4 Inhibitor Yields Symptom Relief in COPD Tested as standalone, but potential role seen as add-on therapy Sep 18, 2018
Biologic Improves Severe Asthma Outcomes Dupilumab reduced exacerbations, improved lung function May 21, 2018
FeNO Helps in Cough Treatment High levels of nitric oxide indicate whether steroids may be appropriate May 21, 2018
Asthma: As-Needed ICS/LABA Prevents Exacerbations But lower steroid dosage comes at cost of reduced symptom control May 16, 2018
Steroids and Asthma; One-Time PSA: It's PodMed Double T! This week's topics include the dangers of e-cigarettes, steroids and asthma, five types of diabetes, and a single PSA measurement and outcomes. Mar 10, 2018 podcast
AAAAI: No Benefit to Upping Inhaled Steroids During Asthma 'Yellow Zone' Increasing dosage even by factor of four to five did not prevent exacerbations Mar 03, 2018
Bed Bug Histamines: A New Indoor Allergen? High heat didn't reduce histamine levels in house dust Feb 12, 2018
FDA Approves First Drug for Rare Vasculitis (FDA) Nucala OK'd for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) Dec 12, 2017
ECMO: A Life Saver for Kids with Near-Fatal Asthma? Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is effective, but has high complication rate Oct 30, 2017
Measuring FeNo in Asthma: Real Biomarker or Poor Surrogate? The pros and cons of fractional exhaled nitric oxide assessment Oct 29, 2017
