Our study has confirmed that the ACT is an ideal tool for routine use in asthma control evaluation in Chinese primary health-care facilities. In the study, the ACT demonstrated good reliability and ...

Bronchi during asthma attack Meaningful improvement was defined as an ACT score greater than or equal to 20 or an increase of at least 3 units at 6 months from the ACT baseline score. A maintenance ...

Using a percent recovery index (PRI) to predict poor asthma control and exacerbations in adults may be an effective tool in navigating treatment options and management of the disease, a study finds.

With perhaps half of the 20 million Americans who have chronic asthma not getting the best treatment to control their condition, the American Lung Association is trying to make it easier to do a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 can decrease levels of dysfunctional T regulatory cells. There were no ...

In adults with asthma, a digital asthma self-management (DASM) program improved symptom control compared with usual care, although its effectiveness varied by race, with weaker results observed among ...

Not all children and teens with active asthma are achieving adequate control of their symptoms, and timely referral to secondary care is rare, according to one study. There is a prevalence of poorly ...

Cladosporium is a genus of ubiquitous environmental fungi that has been reported to induce asthma and colonize the airways of both healthy and asthmatic individuals. A study presented at the CHEST ...

An intervention for parents of children with both asthma and ADHD reduced unscheduled healthcare visits compared with usual care. Asthma control improved significantly, as did parent-rated ADHD ...