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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 26 million people...
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 asthma management. The introduction of...
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, remission includes...
For the past two months, this blog has opened with: “How often do you think about breathing? Probably not too often—unless you find yourself struggling to breathe. Then breathing is all you can focus on.” Our breathing pattern is shaped by many factors, including...
How often do you think about breathing? Probably not very often—unless you find yourself struggling to breathe. In those moments, breathing becomes the only thing you can focus on. This concept carries into this month’s blog as we turn our attention to the lower...
How often do you think about breathing? Probably not too often—unless you find yourself struggling to breathe. When that happens, breathing becomes all you can focus on. The pulmonary, or respiratory, system is complex. Organs and tissues work together to allow us to...