There is no "typical" nonadherent patient, so identifying medication adherence can be challenging. Patient diaries or checklists have been shown to overestimate compliance. It is helpful to ...

This case study has been carried out by Carol Stonham MBE, a Medical Advisory Board member. Carol has worked as a registered nurse since 1986, shifting from acute hospital care to primary care by 1990 ...

This case presents a patient with poorly controlled asthma that remains refractory to treatment despite use of standard-of-care therapeutic options. For patients such as this, one needs to embark on ...

Asthma is a common disease that affects people of all ages; however, it is underdiagnosed. Researchers have recently identified a genetic biomarker of asthma that can be tested for using a nasal brush ...

Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease, affecting up to 30% of children in some areas of the world. 1 The published data indicate an intermediate level of asthma prevalence in Tunisian ...

Novel role for nitric oxide in treatment of asthma and other obstructive airway diseases detailed by team at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University Many therapeutics for asthma and ...

Objective—To examine the quantitative relation between exposure to isocyanates and occupational asthma, and to explore the role of atopy and smoking in occurrence of the disease. Method—A ...

Areteia Therapeutics, Inc. (“Areteia”) today announced positive results from the Phase III EXHALE-4 efficacy and safety study of dexpramipexole as an add-on oral therapy in participants with ...