Research- The Latest News And Research Related To Asthma
If you are struggling to manage your or your child's asthma symptoms find out the newest treatment options available to help manage this chronic condition. Learn about the latest and most up-to-date clinical studies related to asthma and why they are important to your care.
Bronchial Thermoplasty: A Novel Asthma Treatment
Bronchial thermoplasty is an investigational treatment that may become the first non-pharmaceutical treatment for asthma.
Quality Care and Asthma: Do Asthma Specialist Improve Quality…
Does seeing an asthma specialist improve the quality care you receive?
Asthma Inhaler- Can One Asthma Inhaler Treat My Asthma?
Traditional therapy for asthma utilizes 2 inhalers- a maintenance and a rescue inhaler. A new study looks at using just one inhaler for asthma.
Asthma and GERD- What Is the Relationship Between Asthma and GERD?
While treating asthma patients with heartburn symptoms improves their asthma, does treating poorly controlled asthmatics with GERD medication improve their asthma?
Asthma Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are an important mechanism to advance the science related to asthma. Clinical trials are how your doctor determines if new drugs work and are safe. At Clinicaltrials.gov you can find information on all current clinical trials related to asthma.
Anti-fungal Drug Benefits Some With Asthma
An antifungal drug may benefit some patients with allergic reactions to certain fungi according to a news report from Science Daily.
Aggressive Treatment of Asthma May Prevent Asthma
A news report covering a study from the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology that finds that aggressive treatment of eczema may help prevent asthma.
Low Dose Aspirin May Decrease Asthma Risk
News report of findings from the Women's Health Study which indicate aspirin use may be associated with a decreased risk of asthma.
Obesity
According to news report of a study by David M. Mosen, Ph.D., MPH of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, obese patients are more likely to need hospitalization and their asthma may be harder to control.
Bronchial Thermoplasty
Bronchial thermoplasty is a new treatment for patients with difficult to control asthma. It is a non-drug outpatient procedure. Learn if this new treatment might be for you.
