New guidelines that seek to change how asthma is treated in Australia have been unveiled by Health Minister Mark Butler and ...

The National Asthma Council’s advice for treating the condition has been updated, advising doctors against solely prescribing blue puffers to patients.

Australia has overhauled the way asthma is treated, with doctors advised to stop prescribing blue “reliever” puffers alone ...

GPs have been advised to stop prescribing blue reliever inhalers alone for newly-diagnosed asthma. Instead, they should offer a low-dose combination of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and formoterol to ...

A pediatric asthma subgroup at high risk for acute respiratory infections can be identified using 2 natural language processing algorithms.

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. Acute asthma attacks are a frequent reason for emergency presentation ...

Researchers assessed whether having a severe asthma exacerbation affected patients’ ICS therapy adherence in a way that improved future exacerbation outcomes.