Tag: Asthma

• New asthma management (APGAR) tools improve outcomes

  Researchers analyzed to see if a set of asthma management tools called APGAR(Activities, Persistent, triGGers, Asthma medications, Response to therapy) tools helps decrease asthma-related visits to the emergency department, urgent care or hospital and improves patients’ asthma control. The study results are published in journal Annals of Family Medicine. A randomized controlled study was conducted in 18…

  Sreeram Penna

  March 14, 2018

• Systemic review suggest beneficial effect of Vitamin D in Asthma

  A recent Cochrane Review has found evidence from randomized trials, that taking an oral vitamin D supplement in addition to standard asthma medication is likely to reduce severe asthma attacks. Asthma is a common chronic disease affecting about 300 million people worldwide. The symptoms of asthma include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath.…

  Sreeram Penna

  October 30, 2016