Category: Featured Stories and Interviews
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How Fungi Can Make Asthma Worse and What to Do About It
Hello, dear members and subscribers of the World Asthma Foundation! We hope you are doing well and breathing easy. In this post, we are going to share with you some news about our Defeating Asthma initiative and our continuing series on Severe Asthma. As you may know, the World Asthma Foundation is a community-based non…
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Unveiling the Significance of Candida albicans in Yeast-Triggered Asthma: Groundbreaking Findings with Implications for Severe Asthmatics
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How Th17-high asthma is affected by IL-17 and what you can do about it
Hello and welcome to the World Asthma Foundation blog, where we share the latest news and insights on asthma research and treatment. We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with asthma and advancing the science of asthma prevention and cure. Our mission is to raise awareness, educate, and advocate for…
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The World Asthma Foundation Announces Speakers for Microbiome First Summit
On this World Asthma Day, May 3, 2002, The Microbiome First – Pathway to Sustainable Healthcare Summit organization committee invites healthcare professionals, non-communicable disease community leaders, and stakeholders to participate in the inaugural Microbiome First Summit, a virtual event taking place online at MicrobiomeFirst.org this May, 17-19, 2022. FREE to participants. For detailed information and…
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Bisphenol A or BPA in Pregnancy and Asthma Study
The Barcelona Institute for Global Health supported study concludes suggests that in utero BPA exposure may be associated with higher odds of asthma and wheeze among school-age girls. Study Background In utero, (before birth) exposure to bisphenols, widely used in consumer products, may alter lung development and increase the risk of respiratory morbidity in the…
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Asthma Rates and Mask – Good or Bad?
65% drop in serious asthma cases due to mask-wearing Israeli hospital reports The Times of Israel reports that the Sheba Medical, an Israeli hospital reports 65% drop in serious asthma cases due to mask-wearing. Here’s the 411 according to published reports: • A study conducted by Sheba Medical Center found that the past year saw…
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Asthma and Bacteria in Early Life
Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins (intestinal toxins) have been demonstrated to affect airway disease including Asthma in early life according to multiple studies. The study of Asthma and Bacteria in early life is very interesting. To further the WAF misson to improve our understanding of what drives Severe Asthma, the World Asthma Foundation reached out to Rodney…
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Asthma and Sustainable Healthcare – Rodney Dietert PhD Interview
World Asthma Foundation” Defeating Asthma Series Uncovers New Hope for Asthma Management Asthmatics: Our understanding of Asthma and the way we treat it may soon be radically different from what currently exists, due to new research on the human microbiome and how the microbiome affects asthma. Looking at Asthma and Sustainable Healthcare, keeping costs under…
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Asthma and Microbiome Sharing – Rodney Dietert, Phd
World Asthma Foundation “Defeating Asthma Series uncovers New Hope for Asthma Managementant Asthmatics: Our understanding of Asthma and the way we treat it may soon be radically different from what currently exists, due to new research on the human microbiome and how the microbiome affects asthma. In the sixth in a series of interviews with…
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Gut and Lung Connection to Asthma – Rodney Dietert, PhD
In this fifth in a series of interviews with Rodney Dietert PhD, he talks about communication between the gut and lung. Dr. Dietert is Cornell University Professor Emeritus, Health Scientist Head of Translational Science + Education for SEED and the Author of the Human Super-Organism How the Microbiome is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy…