The Pharmacy Times® Asthma Resource Center is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights on issues related to the treatment of the chronic lung disease, in which the airways narrow and swell.
May 9th 2024
This study is the first to preliminarily show that a community pharmacist intervention can produce a positive effect on reducing SABA reliance and improvement of ICS adherence in patients with asthma.
Study Identifies Non-Th2 Asthma as Unique Disease, Demonstrates Air Pollutant as Likely Contributor
April 21st 2021This is the first study to demonstrate air pollution as a driver of the most challenging type of asthma to treat, the severe non-Th2 subtype, which is non-responsive to current therapies.
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Study: Asthmatics Do Not Have Higher Risk of Death From COVID-19
February 24th 2021Researchers in Australia analyzed data from 57 studies with an overall sample size of 587,280 individuals. Approximately 350,000 people in the pool had been infected with COVID-19 from Asia, Europe, and North and South America.
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2020 Vaccination Recommendations for Patients With Chronic Medical Conditions
November 27th 2020In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important that individuals who are at higher risk for poor outcomes from infection with vaccine-preventable diseases remain up-to-date with their immunizations.
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FDA Approves Fluticasone Furoate, Umeclidinium, Vilanterol for Treatment of Asthma
September 14th 2020The triple combination therapy is the first single inhaler triple therapy approved for both asthma and COPD and is the only single inhaler triple therapy available as a once-daily inhalation.
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Data Suggest Asthma Associated With Longer Time on Ventilators for Younger COVID-19 Patients
May 20th 2020Patients with COVID-19 between the ages of 20 and 59 years who also had asthma needed a ventilator to assist with breathing for 5 days more on average than non-asthmatic patients with COVID-19, according to a press release.
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New Study Seeks to Determine Incidence Rate of COVID-19 in Children
May 5th 2020A study to help determine the incidence rate of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children and their family members has begun enrolling participants in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Study: High Levels of Iron in Lungs Linked to Increased Asthma Severity
March 24th 2020The study, which includes data from asthma patient samples and mouse models, is the first to definitively show a relationship between iron build-up in the lung cells and tissues and the severity of asthma, according to the researchers.
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Study Finds Bidirectional Relationship Between Asthma and Migraines
March 9th 2020In the first report of its kind, a recent study compiled Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service data from 2002 to 2013 to evaluate a bidirectional association between asthma and migraines in Korean adults.
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