Dr. Wasserman answers the question: 'Standard Treatment Strategy For Asthma?' — -- Question: What is the standard treatment strategy for asthma? Answer: The standard treatment of asthma is to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. what-is-asthma-jpg The wheezing. The coughing. The extreme and sudden shortness of breath. These are symptoms that are attached to ...

A trip to the doctor’s office confirmed what you’d begun to suspect: You’ve got asthma. Like 25 million people in the U.S., you are susceptible to sudden flares of coughing and wheezing that are ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

In the early 20 th century, asthma was thought of as a psychosomatic disease, which means that the illness was caused by psychological problems that lead to development of physical symptoms. At that ...

An injection given during some asthma and COPD attacks is more effective than the current treatment of steroid tablets, reducing the need for further treatment by 30%. The findings, published in The ...

This retrospective cohort study evaluated baseline demographics, clinical characteristics, and treatment patterns of US patients with asthma who newly initiated single- or multiple-inhaler triple ...

As evidenced by a debate at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2023, the pulmonology community disagrees on whether the overlap of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a distinct entity ...

Nearly 26 million people in the United States have asthma. That’s about 1 in 13 people. Rates are highest in the Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native populations. Asthma affects 4.8 ...

PARIS — Pregnancy is a period of asthma instability; it entails an increased risk for exacerbations. While therapeutic de-escalation, if not the outright cessation of maintenance treatment, is common, ...