Articles
Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma - Systemic Condition or Local Disease?
Local allergen exposure at one end of the respiratory system induces mucosal inflammation at the other end, and vice versa. Therefore, upper and...
Applying the Asthma Guidelines to Patients - Barriers and Current State
Annual healthcare costs due to asthma has been estimated to be US$12.7 billion per year with lost productivity estimated to be US$4.6 billion.2 ...
Asthma in the Elderly
This is a cardinal feature of asthma at any age. There is a common misperception that asthma is predominantly a childhood disease. However, in a...
Bordetella bronchiseptica pneumonia in a man with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a case report
Introduction Bordetella bronchiseptica is a common pathogen in the respiratory ract of many wild and domestic animals, but it is rarely found in...
Childhood Asthma
Infants and toddlers most commonly experience episodes of respiratory symptoms, such as cough, wheeze, and shortness of breath, in association with...
Complementary Therapies for Smoking Cessation – A Useful Tool or Merely a Smoke Screen?
There are more than one billion smokers in the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) attributes 5.4 million deaths per year to tobacco use and...
Evaluating and Treating Small Airway Disease in Asthma
Those patients who have asthma also have a progressive deterioration of lung function,2 which seems to be more pronounced in younger asthmatics whose...
Extending the Phenotypes of Severe Asthma - The Role of Fungal Exposure
Asthma is a common disease affecting about 7% of the US population (about 17.5 million) and a proportional number in the UK (about five million)....
Genetic Determinants of Smoking Cessation
The Tobacco Epidemic Tobacco has been identified as the second major cause of death in the world. Recent estimates suggest that more than 5 million...
Management of Pediatric Asthma
The goals of asthma therapy are to control symptoms of asthma and prevent exacerbations, maintain normal activity levels including exercise, maintain...
Obesity and Asthma
Similar findings have been noted in multiple populations,2-4 with some data suggesting that the risk of developing asthma in the obese is stronger...
Obesity and Asthma
More than 10% of two- to five-year-olds and 15% of six- to19-year-olds are overweight. This represents a near doubling of overweight children and a...
Occupational Asthma
Two types of OA have been recognised. Immunological OA appears after a latency period necessary for the worker to develop sensitisation to the causal...
Preventing, Diagnosing and Treating Pleural Infection and Malignant Pleural Effusion
The pleura is an elastic, serous membrane that lines the inner aspect of the thoracic cage and the outer surface of the lung; it has a surface area...
Prevention of Asthma in Childhood
As the majority of people with asthma begin demonstrating signs of the disease within the first six years of life,3 it is not surprising that efforts...
Role of Air Pollution in Childhood Asthma
What Is Air Pollution? Air pollution is a mixture of particles and gases in the ambient air which have been associated with adverse health...
The Role of Nitric Oxide Systems in Successful Asthma Monitoring
So, with asthma prevalence and the subsequent financial implications both growing strongly, one question looms large: why does asthma continue to...
