Asthma affects almost 20 million people in the United States and more than 300 million
people worldwide. Of these, 10-15% have severe asthma, which is refractory to commonly …

Current therapy for asthma with inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting inhaled β 2-agonists
is highly effective, safe and relatively inexpensive, but for many patients, their disease …

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Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects about 300 million people worldwide, a
total that is expected to rise to about 400 million over the next 15–20 years. Most asthmatic …

Asthma is a major and increasing global health problem and, despite major advances in
therapy, many patients' symptoms are not adequately controlled. Treatment with …

Many children suffer from recurrent coughing, wheezing and chest tightness. In preschool
children one third of all children have these symptoms before the age of six, but only 40% of …

Asthma is a disease of reversible airflow obstruction characterised clinically by wheezing,
shortness of breath, and coughing. Increases in airway type 2 cytokine activity, including …

Current drug therapy for asthma is highly effective and has evolved from naturally occurring
substances through logical pharmaceutical developments. Pharmacology has played a …

Objective: To determine which factors measured in childhood predict asthma in adult life.
Design: Prospective study over 25 years of a birth cohort initially studied at the age of 7 …

DURING the past two decades, important insights have been gained into the pathogenesis
of asthma. Despite our greater knowledge, national statistics reveal increasing morbidity and …