Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines recommend single maintenance and reliever therapy (SMART) for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients had mild asthma and uncontrolled symptoms. Doses included an albuterol-budesonide combination or ...

—While some patients truly have hard-to-treat asthma, many others experience frequent exacerbations that are brought on by other conditions or environmental triggers that physicians may overlook.

Expert Rev Resp Med. 2012;6(6):629-638. Finally, another risk factor for asthma exacerbations is psychological issues, with stress (socioeconomic status, interpersonal conflicts, emotional distress ...

—Treating increasing asthma severity represents 80% of asthma care costs. So what can be done to bring down exacerbation rates? Biomarkers provide some clues. Reviewed by Ware Kuschner, MD, Professor ...

Underlying mood and sleep disorders may negatively affect asthma control, researchers find. “Asthma control, sleep quality, and mood are all critical factors in affecting an individual’s overall ...

Analysis of insurance claims reveals that criteria other than the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) persistent asthma definition can identify more at-risk patients with ...

Only 15% of patients were adherent to ICS therapy 3 months after their asthma exacerbation, and less that one-fourth of those remained adherent 9 months later. Improved adherence to inhaled ...

Getting an asthma diagnosis means you have to learn some new lingo. Your doctor may throw around phrases like “peak flow readings” (a way to measure how well your lungs are functioning), “short-acting ...

How does the switch to a high-deductible health plan affect children with asthma? A new study suggests that enrollment in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) may not be associated with changes in ...

Expert Rev Resp Med. 2012;6(6):629-638. 1 Allergy Unit 'D. Kalogeromitros', Attikon University Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece 2 Allergy Department, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, ...