Severe Asthma News Announced at American Thoracic Society Conference If you suffer from severe Asthma you’re not alone. As you’ve been following the World Asthma Foundation, (WAF) then you’re aware that we’ve declared war on Asthma here at the #ATS2013…
Asthma Symptoms Impairs Sleep
New Asthma Trials Shows Promise
press reports published today reflect that a new type of asthma drug meant to attack the underlying causes of the respiratory disease slashed episodes by 87 percent in a mid-stage trial, making it a potential game changer for patients with moderate to severe disease, researchers said on Tuesday.
EPA’s Coordinated Approach on Asthma
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promotes scientific understanding of environmental asthma triggers and ways to manage asthma in community settings through research, education and outreach.
Remote Patient Monitoring with ERT
Respiratory disease affects millions of people across the globe, with chronic lower respiratory diseases having the fourth highest mortality rate in the U.S. alone. Effective drug treatment is in high demand, which stresses the importance of respiratory clinical testing.
Proposed ATS Asthma Treatment Guidelines Present Problems for Patients
May Lead to Limited Access to Asthma Therapies and Testing ATS-2013 – In the three minute with David S. Wilson, M.D, FCCP, with the Lung Institute at Columbus Regional Hospital we learn: •How the proposed American Thoracic Society (ATS) Asthma…
WAF versus Asthma – It’s War
World Asthma Foundation Declares War on Asthma at ATS 2013 ATS 2013, PHILADELPHIA – The World Asthma Foundation (WAF) is declaring war on Asthma and is calling for support for May 2013, Asthma Awareness Month. The campaign is in support…
Nutrition and Asthma
The Role of Nutrition and Nutritional Supplements in Asthma Nutrition and Nutritional Supplements in Asthma Interview with Nicholas Kenyon, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine University of California, Davis. We learn about: * Increased…
Improving Asthma Control in Patients of Hispanic & African Americans
Interview with Grace E. Hardie, PhD, RN, UCSF, SF State Associate Professor San Francisco State University Our understanding of how ethnicity influences how patients describe their asthma symptoms and how ethnicity impacts airway responsiveness is extremely limited. Ethnic influences on…
Innovations in Asthma Management
Interview with Michal Konstacky, MD at @Aerocrine Aerocrine, a medical technology company focused on improving the treatment of patients with inflamed airways by identifying nitric oxide (NO) as a marker of inflammation. Aerocrine has HQ in Sweeden. The founders of…