Asthma News

• AAAAI 2021 Peanut Sublingual Immunotherapy Feasible and Effective in Toddlers Even in peanut-allergic toddlers as young as age 1 year, peanut sublingual immunotherapy is effective, a new study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, February 28, 2021
• AAAAI 2021 Masks Don't Affect Oxygen Saturation in People With Asthma People with asthma sometimes worry that wearing a mask against COVID-19 won't let them breathe. But a new study demonstrates masks don't affect oxygen saturation.
  Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2021
• Vaccines Came Too Late for at Least 400 Medical Workers As healthcare workers in the US began lining up for their first coronavirus vaccines on December 14, Los Angeles nursing assistant Esmeralda Campos-Loredo, was already fighting for oxygen.
  Kaiser Health News, February 26, 2021
• Patients With Asthma and COPD Lost Ground in Accessing Care "The longer-term picture is that people with asthma and COPD are struggling to obtain needed medical care and medications despite a substantial reduction in the uninsurance rate."
  Medscape Medical News, February 22, 2021
• Bronchial Thermoplasty Benefits for Uncontrolled Asthma Sustained at 10 Years The benefits of bronchial thermoplasty in patients with uncontrolled asthma are sustained over at least 10 years, according to results of the BT10+ study.
  Reuters Health Information, February 19, 2021
• Hospitalizations for Food Anaphylaxis Triple, but Deaths Down Cow's milk is the leading cause of fatal anaphylaxis among children, new data show.
  Medscape Medical News, February 18, 2021
• Inhaled Hyaluronan May Bring Sigh of Relief to COPD Patients Aerosolized high-molecular-weight hyaluronan may improve acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, findings of a new study suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, February 11, 2021
• Fossil Fuel Pollution Causes One in Five Premature Deaths Globally: Study Pollution from fossil fuels causes one in five premature deaths globally, suggesting the health impacts of burning coal, oil and natural gas may be far higher than previously thought, according to a study released on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, February 09, 2021
• Can Gut Parasites Slow the Aging Process? A decline in these microbes in developed nations has been linked to inflammatory illnesses such as asthma, atopic eczema, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and T1D.
  WebMD Health News, February 09, 2021
• Proton Pump Inhibitor Use Tied to Childhood Asthma Children who use proton pump inhibitors may be at increased risk of developing asthma, a Swedish study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, February 08, 2021
• SCCM 2021 Kids in ICU for COVID Are Likely to Be Older, Black, Have Asthma Few children experience severe COVID-19, but preliminary details are emerging on risk factors.
  Medscape Medical News, February 05, 2021
• Black COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Rooted in Mistrust, Fear African Americans have the lowest rate of vaccination among any ethnic group. In fact, White Americans are being vaccinated at a rate 3 times higher than Black Americans.
  WebMD Health News, February 03, 2021
• SMFM 2021 Maternal COVID Antibodies Cross Placenta, Detected in Newborns The findings provide insight into how long maternal antibodies may last and potentially offer support for maternal COVID-19 vaccination, which could offer some protection for newborns.
  Medscape Medical News, January 29, 2021
• Lung Disease Raises Mortality Risk in Older RA Patients RA-associated interstitial lung disease has been associated with worse survival rates as well as reduced quality of life, functional impairment, and increased health care use and costs.
  Medscape Medical News, January 28, 2021
• Meat, Advanced Glycation End Products Tied to Childhood Wheeze Children who consume higher amounts of meat and have higher levels of dietary advanced glycation end product may have an increased risk of developing wheeze, a US study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, January 22, 2021
• African American Children More Likely Than Whites to Be Allergic to Shellfish, Finfish African American children are more likely than white children to develop allergies to shellfish and finfish, and also to develop asthma, a multicenter study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, January 22, 2021
• Benralizumab Improves Health-Related Quality of Life in Severe Eosinophilic Asthma Results of a phase 3b trial confirm and extend the efficacy of benralizumab for severe eosinophilic asthma, showing early and sustained improvements in patient-reported outcomes and quality of life.
  Reuters Health Information, January 15, 2021
• Asthma-COPD Overlap: Patients Have High Disease Burden Patients with asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap (ACO) experienced a higher burden of disease than patients with either asthma or COPD alone, a recent study has found.
  Medscape Medical News, January 15, 2021
• Independent NPs: What's the Evidence? As more states change scope-of-practice laws to allow nurse practitioners to practice independently, what does the evidence on health outcomes show?
  Medscape Medical News, January 11, 2021
• Is Your COVID Vaccine Venue Ready for Life-Threatening Reactions? While severe reactions are rare, experts warn that the drugstores and drive-thru clinics considered integral to the vaccine rollout must be prepared.
  Kaiser Health News, January 11, 2021