Viral infections can induce asthma exacerbations, but a report finds the inflammation itself can also have an impact on the infection. The way a patient with asthma responds to a human rhinovirus ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 50% or greater reduction in exacerbation rate was one of the four criteria for response. Criteria also ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Lab experiments indicate that people with asthma who are overweight or obese have a reduced response to steroid treatment, compared with their lean counterparts. Inhaled ...

We think of asthma and other allergic diseases as unnecessary aberrant immune responses that do more harm than good. However, new evidence by an international team led by researchers at Baylor College ...

Scientists are discovering a surprising bright side for some people with asthma: They are less susceptible to COVID-19. The very same immune system proteins that trigger excess mucus production and ...

Across 3 disease states, dupilumab has been shown to create rapid, clinically meaningful responses that were sustained, which could improve adherence and the patient-provider relationship. After just ...

Responses more frequent in initiators than noninitiators, but 40 to 50% of initiators did not meet response criteria. HealthDay News — Patients with severe asthma initiating biologics exhibit clinical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Exacerbations fell with omalizumab and mepolizumab for patients with asthma and obesity. Obesity did not ...

Asthmatic children are less likely to respond to inhaled steroid medication if they are overweight or obese, and this leads to more frequent asthma attacks, according to research presented at the ...

—Could the approach explored by these investigators become a tool to predict responsiveness to inhaled corticosteroids in patients with severe asthma? Reviewed by Ware Kuschner, MD, Professor of ...