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Various environmental factors, such as humidity levels, can exacerbate or trigger asthma. To avoid this, many individuals turn to humidifiers — devices that increase moisture levels in the air.

The Asthma Capitals report ranking is based on three health outcomes: asthma prevalence, emergency department visits for asthma, and deaths due to asthma.

The American Lung Association announced that it updated its free Asthma Basics online course with the most current information about asthma, with more videos and interactive and gamified features. Asthma Basics is a free interactive course offered in English and Spanish that can be accessed online or provided as an in-person or virtual live workshop. Just last year, the Lung Association had more than 5,400 people enroll in the Asthma Basics course.

People with asthma are often also prescribed long-term control medications, such as Inhaled corticosteroids or leukotriene modifiers, which modify the production of leukotrienes. Leukotrienes are inflammatory molecules that are released by mast cells during an asthma attack. They are responsible for broncho-constriction.
Health practitioners sometimes prescribe oral corticosteroids for asthma flare-ups to reduce inflammation in the airways. However, oral corticosteroids cause both short and long term side-effects and risks, such as high blood pressure and cataracts.
Of Americans who have asthma, between 5% to 10% have severe or difficult-to-control asthma, according to the American Lung Association.
Doctors say some people with difficult-to-control asthma may not be using their inhalers correctly or using them as often as recommended.
A study led by researchers at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences looked at the use of a technological device that measures acoustic or sound-wave signals from the inhaler to objectively assesses how a person uses his or her inhaler.
The study, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, reported that when information from a digital device is integrated into a clinical decision platform, then medication doses are less likely to be increased. This procedure led to a modest improvement in medication adherence among people with asthma.

Some people with asthma may experience fewer symptoms and flare-ups during the summer. Others may experience an increase in asthma symptoms leading to full-blown summer asthma attacks.

Despite manufacturers’ claims, ozone air purifiers don’t remove asthma triggers from the air. In fact, inhaled ozone can make asthma worse.

Synthetic biology offers new strategies to address the leading cause of mortality in hospitals

Dr. Neal Jain, President, Arizona Allergy Society, explains how the new drug Tezspire, could be a new treatment option for