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Read moreYou wouldn’t think twice about asking your asthma patients to quit smoking, but have you ever asked them whether they have allergic rhinitis?
You wouldn’t think twice about asking your asthma patients to quit smoking, but have you ever asked them whether they have allergic rhinitis? Not such a strange question if you consider that 80% of patients with #asthma have #allergicrhinitis and...
Read moreOPRI is excited to share a milestone in asthma phenotype recognition!
OPRI is excited to share a milestone in asthma phenotype recognition! The ISAR #publication titled, ”Eosinophilic and Non eosinophilic Asthma, An Expert Consensus Framework to Characterize Phenotypes in a Global Real-Life Severe Asthma...
Read morePrimary Care Respiratory Society Conference 2019 🗓
The PCRS Respiratory Conference is the UK’s leading respiratory conference. Its aim is to inspire delegates to discover new ways of working with patients and colleagues, helping them to respond positively to the challenges of primary and...
Read moreAdding low dose theophylline to inhaled corticosteroids does not reduce COPD exacerbations
A CRN supported Respiratory Disorders trial (TWICS), which investigated whether taking a low-dose theophylline tablets in addition to inhaled corticosteroids would reduce chronic obstructive pulmonary disease flare-ups was recently published by...
Read moreCOPD patient subset gains no benefit from low-dose theophylline
AT ATS 2018 SAN DIEGO – For people with COPD at high risk of exacerbation, the addition of low-dose theophylline to inhaled corticosteroids conferred no overall clinical benefit, results from a large trial funded by the United Kingdom...
Read moreHay fever sufferers may not be picking the right drugs to treat symptoms
A study in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice found the majority of surveyed people with hay fever were not picking optimal over-the-counter medications to treat their symptoms.
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