Peter L. Salgo, MD: Hello and thank you for joining this AJMC® Peer Exchange titled “The Use of Biologics for the Treatment of Asthma.” Asthma has been thought of as a single disease for many years; ...

Asthma affects millions worldwide, including around 12% of children aged 6–7. 1 Although symptoms for all asthma patients share a common set of traits (chest tightness, shortness of breath, wheezing, ...

BETHESDA, Md. (Jan. 28, 2008) − A multi-center research project to investigate severe asthma has found a key physiological difference between severe and non-severe forms of the disease, a finding that ...

Correspondence to: Dr S M Robinson, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand Objectives—To assess the evidence for the effects of physical training on ...

New research points to a novel potential mechanism behind eating a high-fat diet during pregnancy and asthma in the offspring. This correlation has been previously documented, but the cause was ...

Mucus plug identification and its impact on patient burden is a relatively new aspect of airway disease clinical management.

Asthma is a complex airway disorder that involves multiple inflammatory cells and cellular elements. Genetic and environmental factors result in recurrent episodes of the symptoms of asthma: coughing, ...

Bethesda, Md. (Sept. 20, 2013)—Asthma is a serious public health problem. An estimated 300 million people worldwide suffer from this sometimes deadly lung disease, a number expected to increase to 400 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The effect of electronic cigarettes without nicotine on allergic airway disease may depend on flavor, which ...

Exposure to environmental pollutants during pregnancy may increase the risk of asthma for as many as three consecutive generations, according to new research. Exposure to environmental pollutants ...