by Sherian Kington | Sep 30, 2026 | Canada, US
Is Spirometry Enough to Diagnose Asthma? Diagnosing asthma relies on several key items. The patient’s history of symptoms, physical, spirometry, assessment of airway inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). None of these in isolation is enough to...
by Sherian Kington | Jul 27, 2026 | Canada, US
Case Study – Objective Testing for Confirming Asthma Objective testing is the foundation of accurate asthma diagnosis and effective long-term management. Yet it remains underused, increasing the risk of both overtreatment and undertreatment.1 When a patient does not...
by Sherian Kington | Jun 30, 2026 | US, Canada, Uncategorized
Obesity and Asthma For many patients, asthma symptoms are not driven by airway inflammation alone. Obesity can influence lung mechanics, systemic inflammation, medication response, and overall disease burden. Asthma is a common chronic disease, affecting approximately...
by Sherian Kington | May 28, 2026 | Canada, US
One-Size-Fits-All or Treatable Traits? Treating asthma has changed dramatically over the past few decades. The widespread adoption of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in the 1990s allowed symptom control and the prevention of exacerbations to become central goals of...
by Sherian Kington | Apr 27, 2026 | Canada, US
Asthma Remission Remission – the act or process of remitting1 Remit – to lay aside partly or wholly1 Is asthma remission possible? This is a topic currently being investigated in pulmonary circles. There is not a universal definition of asthma remission. Typically,...
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