Combination treatment should be standard first line treatment and will help to reduce hospital admissions and deaths, reports ...

In a “true pivot” in asthma care across the UK, new guidelines urge medics to offer inhalers that both relieve and prevent ...

Every 30 seconds, someone in the world will experience a flare-up of their asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

It recommends healthcare practitioners should offer a low-dose combination of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and formoterol to be taken as needed for everyone aged 12 and over with newly diagnosed ...

Long-awaited joint UK guidelines for asthma have today been finalised, overhauling recommendations to GPs for diagnostics and ...

To help prevent an asthma attack once you know your triggers follow your asthma action plan and your medications as ...

The previous guidelines for asthma management from NICE recommended FeNO testing alongside other objective tests, such as spirometry and peak flow. A FeNO reading of over 40 parts per billion (ppb) in ...

Scientists have found a new treatment for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that may be more effective than current options. Over the past 50 years, treatment options ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) advises the blue inhaler, over 17 million of which were ...

A novel asthma burden score that incorporated asthma exacerbations and healthcare utilization better reflected disease ...