Asthma News

• Alert FDA Approves IV Opioid Oliceridine for Short-term Use Oliceridine (Olinvyk) is indicated for the management of moderate to severe acute pain in adults who require an IV opioid and for whom alternative treatments are inadequate.
  FDA Approvals, August 10, 2020
• Beta-2 Agonists Can Improve Athletes' Speed and Strength Beta-2 agonists can improve speed and strength in athletes without asthma, according to a new study that also suggests this might be true for versions of these drugs that have not been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
  Reuters Health Information, August 06, 2020
• Telemedicine Helps but Also Highlights Health Disparities During Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the expansion of telemedicine across the U.S., which has opened up access to doctor's offices for families with limited resources.
  Reuters Health Information, July 31, 2020
• Microbiome Research 'Opening Doors' to New Alzheimer's Treatments Research into the microbiome is yielding some positive new potential treatment options for Alzheimer's disease, according to George T. Grossberg, MD.
  Medscape Medical News, July 30, 2020
• Is Asthma a Risk Factor for Severe SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia? Patients with asthma appear not to have an elevated risk for severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, nor does such pneumonia seem to induce severe asthma exacerbation, according to researchers in France.
  Reuters Health Information, July 17, 2020
• Lies and Desperation: 'Professional Study Subjects' Skew Research Motivated by money or increasing their odds of receiving free treatment, 'professional study subjects' lie about their health status and use other forms of deception to get into clinical trials.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2020
• Even a Few Days of Steroids May Be Risky, New Study Suggests Clinicians often prescribe a short course of oral steroids for self-limiting conditions, but a growing body of data suggests such treatments are tied to severe adverse events.
  Medscape Medical News, July 08, 2020
• Too Many Children Receive Opioids for Pneumonia and Sinusitis Each of the 828 opioid and 2,737 systemic steroid prescriptions in the data set represent a potentially inappropriate prescription.
  Medscape Medical News, July 06, 2020
• Patients With Pulmonary Disease Shouldn't Quit Aerosolized Medication Over COVID Fears COVID-19 concerns should not stop patients from using inhaled corticosteroids, a new commentary article suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, June 29, 2020
• Good for Profits, Good for Patients: A New Form of Medical Visits Several practices are seeing patients together; the patients enjoy it and benefit from it, and physicians can bill for it.
  Medscape Medical News, June 29, 2020
• Asthma Leads Spending on Avoidable Pediatric Inpatient Stays Hospital charges for the treatment of children with asthma made up nearly half of all potentially avoidable pediatric inpatient costs in 2017.
  Medscape Medical News, June 23, 2020
• COVID-19 Update: Cortisol Levels, Lawsuit Claims 'Fabricated' Tests These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, June 22, 2020
• Expression of SARS-CoV-2 Receptor ACE2 Higher in Type-2-Low Asthma Patients Type-2-low asthmatics have higher expression of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 in bronchial epithelium, as well as characteristics associated with increased risk of severe COVID-19, according to new findings.
  Reuters Health Information, June 17, 2020
• How America's Hospitals Survived the First Wave of the Coronavirus The models predicting numbers of COVID-19 hospitalizations were less than perfect. "All of those models were based on assumptions, then we were smacked in the face with reality," said an NYU researcher.
  ProPublica, June 16, 2020
• More Questions Than Answers About MIS-C, Experts Say Every case of pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection (MIS-C) adds further detail to a still unclear clinical picture.
  Medscape Medical News, June 16, 2020
• COVID-19 May Affect Asthma Control in Children Several aspects of the coronavirus pandemic, such as changes in daily schedules, physical activity and telemedicine, could affect how children manage their asthma right now, according to a new report.
  Reuters Health Information, June 12, 2020
• By the Numbers: Asthma-COPD Overlap Deaths A value over 1.0 indicates that there were more deaths associated with the condition than expected.
  Medscape Medical News, June 10, 2020
• Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways.
  ProPublica, June 09, 2020
• EAACI 2020Allergy Telemedicine Effective, but Regulations Must Change Allergists and immunologists dove into telemedicine 'overnight' when the COVID crisis started, and they like it, but regulations will need to change before its use becomes permanent.
  Medscape Medical News, June 05, 2020
• Vulnerable Groups Weigh Risks as Country Reopens For those already vulnerable to infection, staying away from sick people and being careful around germs has already been a way of life. But this pandemic has now taken the caution to a new level.
  WebMD Health News, June 02, 2020