Poorly controlled asthma more than doubles health-care costs associated with the disease and threatens educational achievement through a dramatic increase in school absence, according to researchers.

Patients whose asthma is poorly controlled have eight times excess greenhouse gas emissions compared with those whose condition is well controlled—equivalent to that produced by 124,000 homes each ...

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Guidelines recommend basing asthma management on assessment of asthma control. Validated control tools, while suitable for clinical research, may not be feasible for routine use in primary care. A ...

Objective Anxiety affects up to one-third of adults with asthma and is linked to poorer disease outcomes and reduced quality ...

Patients whose asthma is poorly controlled have eight times excess greenhouse gas emissions compared with those whose condition is well controlled—equivalent to that produced by 124,000 homes each ...

Two reviewers independently searched MEDLINE for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of asthma published between January 2010 and July 2012 in leading generalist and specialist journals. We calculated ...

Asthma is poorly controlled in around half of those with the condition in the UK and Europe, increasing the risk of hospital admission and severe illness, as well as increasing healthcare costs. Now, ...

According to the WHO, asthma is a major non-communicable disease characterised by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing. The severity and frequency of the attacks vary from person to person ...

ASTHMA is a common chronic disease of the air passages characterised by inflammation and narrowing of the airways, with warning signs that include shortness of breath, coughing and wheezing. It ...

Asthma affects around about 20% of school-aged children in Qatar, according to an expert from Hamad medical Corporation (HMC). “The chronic respiratory illness cannot be cured but can be controlled ...

There are about 9,000 children in Scotland with poorly controlled asthma, according to the study Children with poorly controlled asthma are up to six times more likely to be admitted to hospital with ...