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Only half of parents of children with asthma fully understand the use of their child's asthma medications

Many Parents Know Too Little About Their Child’s Asthma Meds

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Only half surveyed knew what drugs were prescribed, how to use them
There is strong evidence to support intermittent inhaled corticosteroids for prevention of wheeze exacerbations in preschool children with intermittent asthma or viral-triggered wheezing

Intermittent Steroids Reduce Some Asthma Exacerbations

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Findings for preschool children with intermittent asthma or viral-triggered wheezing
Increased urine metabolomic lipid metabolites are associated with clinical parameters in non-obese asthma patients

Urine Metabolomics Linked to Clinical Parameters of Asthma

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Increased urine metabolomics correlate with parameters including asthma severity in non-obese
Children with persistent asthma and reduced growth of lung function may be at increased risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in early adulthood

Persistent Asthma in Childhood Tied to COPD Risk As Young Adult

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Treatments for children don't appear to offset risk in adulthood
Baseline serum periostin levels and levels of serum free immunoglobulin E during treatment follow-up may be useful in assessing response to omalizumab treatment for asthma

Markers That Predict Omalizumab Response Identified

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Baseline periostin level, free IgE during treatment follow-up tied to asthma exacerbations
For patients with asthma

Yoga Tied to Small Improvements in QoL, Symptoms in Asthma

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Moderate-quality evidence for small improvements in quality of life and symptoms
Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy and infancy may reduce aeroallergen sensitization in children

Vitamin D Supplementation Cuts Aeroallergen Sensitization

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Supplementation in pregnancy and infancy linked to reduced sensitization at 18 months
Sex hormones and systemic inflammation may be mediating the obese-asthma phenotype

Sex Hormones, Inflammation Affect Asthma in Obese Women

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Findings suggest these factors modulate asthma in obese reproductive-age women
Cinqair (reslizumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat severe asthma among adults 18 and older.

FDA Approves Cinqair for Severe Asthma

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Lab-developed interleukin-5 antagonist monoclonal antibody helps reduce blood levels of eosinophils
As weight rises

CDC: Obesity Contributing to Hike in Asthma Rates Among Women

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Why obese people are more likely to have asthma is unclear