September 29, 2021
Childhood Asthma, Obesity, and Inhaled Corticosteroid Resistance
Researchers from the University of Amsterdam Medical Center investigated the relationship between childhood asthma and obesity. This relationship is characterized by reduced lung function, worse asthma symptoms, increased healthcare use, and poor response to inhaled corticosteroids. Their study suggests that children with asthma who are overweight or obese might be using inhaled corticosteroids with no...
Circadian System Worsens Asthma at Night
This study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that the brain’s circadian system plays an important role in the nocturnal worsening of asthma. Dr. Frank Scheer of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Dr. Steven Shea of the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences in Portland, and their team conducted a study on...
Disparity in Kidney Transplant for Sickle Cell Disease
In a study conducted at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, data were collected from 1998 to 2017 on two cohorts of patients with kidney failure. The first cohort, a dialysis cohort, included 1,970 patients with sickle cell disease and approximately 2 million patients with other conditions. The second cohort, the “transplant waitlist cohort,” consisted...