Suboptimal adherence to pharmacological treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) has adverse effects on disease control and treatment costs. The …

The goal of asthma treatment is to obtain clinical control and reduce future risks to the
patient. To reach this goal in children with asthma, ongoing monitoring is essential. While all …

Asthma exacerbations and severe asthma are linked with high morbidity, significant mortality
and high treatment costs. Recurrent asthma exacerbations cause a decline in lung function …

Rapidly declining biodiversity may be a contributing factor to another global megatrend—the
rapidly increasing prevalence of allergies and other chronic inflammatory diseases among …

Two hundred young adults with common colds were studied during a 10-month period. Virus
culture, antigen detection, PCR, and serology with paired samples were used to identify the …

Rationale: We hypothesized that the epithelial reticular basement membrane (RBM) thickening
and eosinophilic inflammation characteristic of asthma would be present in symptomatic …

BACKGROUND: Large, prospective population-based studies on clinical course, development
of tolerance, and risk for other atopy in children with cow's milk allergy (CMA) are lacking. …

Background It is unclear whether asthma may affect susceptibility or severity of coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children and how pediatric asthma services worldwide have …

Cytokines play an important role in modulating inflammatory responses and, as a result,
airway tone. IL-10 is a regulatory cytokine that has been suggested for treatment of asthma …

The Finnish and Russian Karelia are adjacent areas in northern Europe, socio‐economically
distinct but geoclimatically similar. The Karelia Allergy Study was commenced in 1998 to …