Clinical Challenges: Test Your Knowledge of Food Allergies A three-question quiz covering our series on different aspects of food allergy management Jan 31, 2024
Clinical Challenges: Anaphylaxis and Epinephrine Patients need to be trained in administering epinephrine to avoid delaying treatment, experts say Jan 31, 2024
Opioid Exposure in Womb Tied to Kids' Risk for Eczema, Dermatitis, and Asthma No link between prenatal exposure and risk for autoimmune conditions, however Jan 18, 2024
Telehealth, Default Orders Show Promise in Palliative Care Telecare improved quality of life for people with chronic illnesses Jan 17, 2024
Gabapentinoids in COPD Patients May Raise Risk for Severe Exacerbations 39% higher risk compared with nonusers, database study finds Jan 16, 2024
Are Your Patients Prepared to Switch Their Asthma Inhaler? With the discontinuation of Flovent, we must prevent gaps in care Jan 12, 2024
Clinical Challenges: Oral Immunotherapy for Food Allergies Long waitlists, low reimbursement among frustrations reported in real world Jan 10, 2024
Dupilumab in Line to Be the First Approved COPD Biologic In two phase III trials, the treatment reduced exacerbations and improved lung function Dec 28, 2023
FDA Rejects Drug for Chronic Cough Agency cites efficacy concerns in review of P2X3 receptor antagonist gefapixant Dec 21, 2023
Asthma Attacks Decreased Among Black Patients During the Pandemic Protective measures may have played a part in reducing respiratory virus exposures Dec 18, 2023
Epinephrine Was First an Asthma Treatment This mainstay of treatment for severe allergic reactions was once a drug without a disease Nov 24, 2023
Drug Candidate for Chronic Cough Rejected by FDA Panel Gefapixant's benefit not clinically meaningful enough, panelists say Nov 17, 2023
Here's Why People Think They Developed Food Allergies Survey finds that 13% thought genetics were responsible, 27% blamed eating behaviors Nov 16, 2023
Unclear if Chronic Cough Drug Has Meaningful Benefit, FDA Reviewers Say Previously rejected gefapixant will face agency's panel of outside experts on Friday Nov 16, 2023
Added Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists Show Benefits in Chronic Urticaria Off-label use along with antihistamines improved activity, itch, and wheal count scores Nov 15, 2023
Novel BTK Inhibitor for Chronic Hives Wins in Phase III Trials Remibrutinib demonstrated superiority over placebo in both the REMIX-1 and -2 trials Nov 14, 2023
Asthma-Tracking App Shows Some Promise for Reducing ED Visits No benefit for the privately insured in trial, but participants on Medicaid had lower risk Nov 14, 2023
AI Gets It Mostly Right on Allergy Myths ChatGPT sometimes gave opposite answers, and clinicians themselves didn't always agree Nov 13, 2023
Many Primary Care Docs Unfamiliar With Biologics for Asthma In a survey, 42% of PCPs said they were "not familiar" with biologic therapies for asthma Nov 13, 2023
Benefits of Peanut Allergy Skin Patch for Toddlers Grow After First Year Open-label extension of EPITOPE trial shows increased tolerance at 24 months Nov 13, 2023
Peanut Allergy Toothpaste Shows Promise in Phase I Trial Patients taking the oral mucosal immunotherapy reported only minor adverse effects Nov 13, 2023
'Uncertain' Link Between Allergic Diseases and Long COVID, Review Finds Pre-existing asthma, rhinitis showed some correlation with post-COVID conditions Nov 10, 2023
Using AI to Predict Exacerbations in Uncontrolled COPD This is the "wave of the future," says Reynold Panettieri Nov 01, 2023 video
Eosinophilic Esophagitis Risk Linked to Medications in Pregnancy, Infancy Increased risk observed with antibiotic and acid suppressant use Oct 30, 2023
Severe Asthma in Sexual and Gender Minoritized Adults: What Can We Do? Tugba Kaplan, MD, believes it is imperative to implement targeted interventions Oct 25, 2023 video
Investigational BTK Inhibitor Shows Efficacy in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Extension study also showed a good safety profile Oct 24, 2023
Albuterol-Budesonide Improves Lung Function in Asthma Fewer severe exacerbations over albuterol alone in post hoc assessment of MANDALA study Oct 18, 2023 video
A Simple Way to Determine if a Patient Is Really Allergic to Penicillin Delabeling strategy carries little risk, needs minimal testing, and no specialist consult Oct 14, 2023
Cold Temps Tied to More COPD Hospitalizations in Older Adults Temperatures below 65°F, and particularly those under 20°F, increased risk Oct 13, 2023
Shiitake Mushrooms Caused This Dramatic Rash Patient's back looked as though it had been flogged: "Once you see it, you don't forget it" Oct 11, 2023
Sexual and Gender Minoritized Adults Have Higher Risks for Severe Asthma Asthma attacks that required steroids were more likely among these patients vs straight patients Oct 11, 2023
Concept of 'Asthma-COPD Overlap' Still Alive Despite Detractors Is it a moot point under the treatable traits paradigm? Oct 10, 2023
SMART Therapy for Asthma: Press Gas or Hit the Brakes? Therapy with proven benefits still finding its footing without regulatory approval Oct 09, 2023
Pediatric EDs Able to Sway Some Families, Clinicians on Penicillin Challenge Time constraints, fear of reaction among top concerns cited by clinicians Oct 04, 2023
Nasal Sprays Recalled; 75,000 Kaiser Workers Strike; Healthcare AI May Run Amok Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Oct 04, 2023
Mortality Risk From Damaged Bronchi Extends to People Without COPD Findings support use of lung imaging for clinically defining bronchiectasis, study authors say Oct 02, 2023
FDA Displeased With Companies Purposely Adding Sesame to More Foods Agency issues updated guidance for limiting cross-contamination in wake of FASTER act Sep 27, 2023
FDA Shoots Down Needle-Free EpiPen Alternative, Requests More Data Agency asks drugmaker for a repeat-dose study before approval Sep 20, 2023
ERS Roundup: Cell Transplant Boosts Lung Function in COPD Patients Plus: idrevloride for primary ciliary dyskinesia and ultrasound for pulmonary embolism Sep 15, 2023
