New research on preventing fall asthma exacerbations

Experts from Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) co-led a team of researchers in studying new approaches to reducing fall asthma exacerbations in pediatric patients. Their findings were released online in late October and published in the December 2015 issue of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI), an official scientific journal of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) and the most-cited journal in the field of allergy and clinical immunology.....

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Adolescent Asthma May Not Be an Allergic Disease

Asthma for many adolescents should not be considered an allergic disease, a new study published in Respirology suggests.
Data on neutrophilic inflammation is well known in adults with non-eosinophilic asthma (NEA); however, not so much is known about NEA in children and adolescents. Researchers from New Zealand studied clinical characteristics and inflammatory markers in 77 adolescents with asthma and compared them to those found in 68 adolescents without asthma aged 12-17 years old.....

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Asthma vs. COPD

While the signs of asthma and Cardiopulmonary Obstructive Disease (COPD) may appear similar, they differ from each other in distinct way. One causes irreversible damage, while the other is completely reversible. Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are common terms used to describe COPD, not asthma.....

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