Asthma News

• FDA Panel Delivers Mixed Reviews for Two New Opioids An FDA advisory committee gives the nod to a sublingual opioid, but amid loud criticism around safety, while narrowly recommending against approval for an intravenous preparation.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Asthma During Pregnancy Tied to Postpartum Depression Risk Women who have asthma during their pregnancies are more likely to experience postpartum depression after delivery, a large Canadian study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2018
• CHEST 2018Good Asthma Control Trumps Triggers in Kids With Asthma When asthma is well controlled, triggers in a child's environment, such as a pet or exposure to second-hand smoke, are unlikely to cause exacerbations, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• CHEST 2018New Drug Combinations for Asthma, COPD at CHEST 2018 Different combinations of known and experimental drugs for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease will be featured at the upcoming American College of Chest Physicians Meeting.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• No Ill Effects With Prenatal Anti-TNF-Alpha Exposure in Young Kids Prenatal exposure to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha therapy does not appear to affect immune system function, growth or development in young children, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Guideline-Recommended Antibiotics Suffice to Treat CAP in Children Under Five Young children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can be managed with guideline-recommended antibiotics, without additional diagnostics such as chest X-rays (CXRs) or complete blood counts (CBCs), researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Treatable Traits in Severe Asthma Can Predict Attacks Patients with severe asthma were more likely to have asthma attacks when they had one or more of 10 traits identified, compared with those with nonsevere disease, a study has found.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Inhaled Steroids May Increase Risk for Lung Infection Patients who use inhaled steroids were at increased risk of developing nontuberculosis mycobacterial lung infections.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• ERS 2018Long-term Benralizumab Safe and Effective for Severe Asthma The drug is safe for severe uncontrolled asthma over 2 years, and reduces exacerbations in vast majority of patients, according to results from the 1-year BORA extension study.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Molecular Phenotype of Atopic Dermatitis Varies by Ethnicity Atopic dermatitis (AD) is TH2-TH22-biased in African Americans (AAs) compared to European Americans (EAs), while TH1/TH17 is attenuated, according to the first global molecular-profiling study of AA AD using RNA-seq.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Rhinitis Common, Difficult to Control in Children With Asthma Likelihood of rhinitis increased with increased asthma severity; researchers say the findings are strong evidence asthma and rhinitis are two manifestations of one disease.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Home-Based Program Improves Asthma Control in African-American Youth A community-based intervention significantly improved lung function in African-American adolescents with poorly controlled asthma in a randomized controlled trial.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• FDA: Avoid ‘Dragon Breath,’ Liquid Nitrogen Treats The FDA is advising people to avoid any food or drink with liquid nitrogen added when you buy it.
  WebMD Health News, September 2018
• Alert Label Mix-Up Prompts Montelukast Recall Pill bottles that are labeled as montelukast sodium tablets but actually contain the antihypertensive losartan potassium are being recalled.
  News Alerts, August 2018
• PCPs, Pediatricians Less Adherent to Peanut Guidelines for Allergy-Prone Babies Primary care physicians and pediatricians may not be following current guidelines that recommend introducing puréed peanuts to allergy-prone babies before the age of 6 months, a Canadian study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• US Children at Risk for Severe Drug Interactions Nearly one in five American children uses at least one prescription medication, and roughly one in 13 kids takes more than one prescription drug, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• Almost 1 in 20 US Adults Now Use E-Cigarettes Roughly 10.8 million American adults are currently using e-cigarettes, and more than half of them are under 35 years old, a U.S. study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• How Accurate Are Breath Tests for Cancer Detection? A meta-analysis tallied up the current data on breath tests for cancer detection and found some encouraging results. The sensitivity and specificity compared favorably to those of three cancer screening tests.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Four in 10 Women With Asthma May Develop COPD Over 40% of women with asthma go on to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a Canadian study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• Wildfire Smoke Fills U.S., Canadian Skies as Officials Ponder Options
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018