Children with asthma who experience chronic oral glucocorticoid exposure may have significant morbidities, including adrenal suppression, recurrent pneumonia, and behavioral problems.
Prenatal vitamin D is associated with an increased risk for allergic rhinitis in children born to African American women, but not white women.
Higher levels of unmetabolized folic acid at birth may be associated with the development of food allergies.
About 50 employees have been fired from Essentia Health, a Duluth, Minnesota-based hospital chain, for refusing to receive the flu vaccination.
Pneumonia primarily affects young children, smokers, adults 65 years and older, and people with COPD.
The 2016-2017 flu season is the first time since 2014-2015 that pediatric influenza-associated deaths have surpassed 100.
Reseachers analyzed hospitalized patients between 2011 and 2014.
The release of a new autonomous approach for terminating the COPD crisis has been lead by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
Patients with COPD and asthma can be characterized by the presence of allergies and more exacerbation with less eosinophilic inflammation.
Demographic, family and social factors are important in the role of empowering elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
