Vancouver physicians have found that implementing a sepsis protocol in their emergency department was associated with a significant mortality benefit that remained even after two years.

Emergency physicians should not rely on a single measurement of post-treatment pulmonary function for deciding whether to discharge patients with acute asthma.

A commonly used acid reflux medication does not improve asthma control, according to a paper published by the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Centers.

It’s been featured on Oprah, and the New York Times Magazine anointed it a buzz word last year. On top of that, nasal irrigation actually works, if a study presented here at the North American Primary Care Research Group annual meeting is correct.

Statins may help to improve control of severe asthma, researchers report.

WASHINGTON, D.C. | Thanks in large part to better medications, children with severe asthma are less likely to suffer full-blown asthma attacks today than 10 years ago.

Using a C-reactive protein (CRP) test in the office can dramatically reduce prescriptions given to patients who present with lower respiratory tract infections while not reducing patient satisfaction or compromising clinical recovery.

Individuals in Ontario face a 42% lifetime risk of developing asthma, according to a retrospective cohort study of more than nine million people living in the province in the mid-1990s.

MD critical of approach where smoking is often left to be treated later so as not to exacerbate other problems.

Patients who take theophylline triple their chances of experiencing suicidal ideation, independent of any other risk factors, according to a study of more than 600 patients attending the Sacré-Coeur Hospital in Montreal.