Asthma of the food pipe is on the rise

ST. LOUIS, MO (STLMoms) - Comedian Sarah Silverman has said she's lucky to be alive.  But there's nothing funny about her condition commonly called asthma of the food pipe, an allergic inflammatory condition of the esophagus. Dr. Amana Nasir, from Mercy Kids GI is here to explain the condition.....

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FDA expands use of Novartis/Genentech’s asthma drug

US regulators have approved an expanded age range for Novartis/Genentech's Xolair, giving younger children with moderate to severe persistent asthma a new option to help control their disease.
Xolair (omalizumab) was first approved in 2003 to treat adults and children 12 years of age and older with moderate to severe persistent allergic asthma not controlled by inhaled steroids, and the following year for chronic hives in patients failing to respond to H1-antihistamine treatment.....

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Asthma Control Is Poor or Worse in Most Patients with Adult-Onset Disease 12 Years after Diagnosis

The long-term prognosis of adult-onset asthma has remained unclear because of a lack of follow-up studies that included smokers. To clarify the prognosis of adult-onset asthma and the factors associated with this prognosis, the Seinäjoki Adult-onset Asthma Study (SAAS), a 12-year, Finnish single-center follow-up study, enrolled 203 patients with new-onset asthma diagnosed during adulthood and treated in primary and specialty care. Results of this study were recently reported in Respiratory Medicine.....

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