Pulmonology

Longer-term therapy with omalizumab has been shown to improve asthma and reduce exacerbations. Investigators looked at the short-term effects of the medication.

In children and adolescents with asthma, concomitant rhinitis is ubiquitous and intractable. But how the conditions are related is incompletely understood.

Conflicting evidence about the risks and benefits of prophylactic antibiotics in patients with COPD prompted a systematic evaluation of the data.

Obesity is a risk factor for asthma, but new research from the European Respiratory Society International Congress suggests that the reverse is also true.

Albuminuria is a characteristic sign of kidney damage, and new research offers insight into its potential role as a COPD biomarker, as well.

Is the increasing rate of non-TB mycobacterial lung disease among people with asthma associated with inhaled corticosteroid use?

Researchers set out to identify sensitive times during gestation for the effects air pollution on pediatric asthma.

After assessing the occurrence rate of treatable traits in persons with severe asthma, researchers have determined which of these traits might be used to predict future asthma exacerbations.

A new guideline has been published to help clinicians diagnose idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare and often fatal lung disease of unknown etiology.

Researchers studied the changing epidemiology of CF in order to help translate survival information for patients and families.