Asthma Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Asthma, including details on symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, causes, medications.

Volume 4 (2007), Issue 11 (November)

1. Is childhood vaccination associated with asthma? A meta-analysis of observational studies.
   Pediatrics, 120(5): e1269-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Does current asthma control predict future health care use among black preschool-aged inner-city children?
   Pediatrics, 120(5): e1174-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Quality of life of adults with workplace exacerbation of asthma.
   Qual Life Res, 16(10): 1605-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Impact of smoking on asthma symptoms, healthcare resource use, and quality of life outcomes in adults with persistent asthma.
   Qual Life Res, 16(10): 1555-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Provider attitudes regarding use of an immunization information system to identify children with asthma for influenza vaccination.
   J Public Health Manag Pract, 13(6): 567-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Transforming growth factor-beta1 suppresses airway hyperresponsiveness in allergic airway disease.
   Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 176(10): 974-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Selective inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibition has no effect on allergen challenge in asthma.
   Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 176(10): 988-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. A twin study of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and asthma.
   Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 176(10): 983-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Mucous gland adenoma simulating bronchial asthma: case report and literature review.
   J Asthma, 44(9): 789-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Characterizing children's asthma hospitalizations on the Texas-Mexico border.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 783-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Complementary and alternative medication (CAM) use and asthma outcomes in children: an urban perspective.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 775-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Retention by children of device technique for inhaled asthma drugs between visits.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 769-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Incorrect application technique of metered dose inhalers by internal medicine residents: impact of exposure to a practical situation.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 765-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Diurnal variability of lung function and its association with sleep among patients with asthma.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 759-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. The impact of electronic medical records on timeliness of diagnosis of asthma.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 753-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Quality of life and measures of asthma control in primary health care.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 747-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Improving asthma communication in high-risk children.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 739-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Environmental tobacco smoke, woodstove heating and risk of asthma symptoms.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 735-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. An evaluation of levalbuterol HFA in the prevention of exercise-induced bronchospasm.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 729-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Transition to managed care impacts health care service utilization by children insured by Medicaid.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 717-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Classifying asthma severity: objective versus subjective measures.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 711-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. The importance of a community-based asthma helpline.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 705-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Peak expiratory flow-guided self-management treatment of asthma in Serbia.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 699-704. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Herbal treatments of asthma: a systematic review.
    J Asthma, 44(9): 685-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. A chitinase-like protein in the lung and circulation of patients with severe asthma.
    N Engl J Med, 357(20): 2016-27. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Agreement between parents and children regarding anxiety and depression diagnoses in children with asthma.
    J Nerv Ment Dis, 195(11): 897-904. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Formoterol dry-powder inhaler for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    Expert Opin Pharmacother, 8(17): 3069-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Pharmacotherapy of cough-variant asthma.
    Expert Opin Pharmacother, 8(17): 3021-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Microsomal epoxide hydrolase, glutathione S-transferase P1, traffic and childhood asthma.
    Thorax, 62(12): 1050-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Integrated breathing and relaxation training (the Papworth method) for adults with asthma in primary care: a randomised controlled trial.
    Thorax, 62(12): 1039-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Pathological features and inhaled corticosteroid response of eosinophilic and non-eosinophilic asthma.
    Thorax, 62(12): 1043-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. B7-DC induced by IL-13 works as a feedback regulator in the effector phase of allergic asthma.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 365(1): 170-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Factors affecting pharmacists' pediatric asthma counseling.
    J Am Pharm Assoc (2003), 47(6): 737-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Secreted phospholipase A2 group X overexpression in asthma and bronchial hyperresponsiveness.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 176(11): 1072-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. A study to evaluate safety and efficacy of mepolizumab in patients with moderate persistent asthma.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 176(11): 1062-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. New interventions in asthma including bronchial thermoplasty.
    Curr Opin Pulm Med, 14(1): 77-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. The role of magnesium sulfate in the acute and chronic management of asthma.
    Curr Opin Pulm Med, 14(1): 70-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Safety of long-acting beta-agonists in asthma: a review.
    Curr Opin Pulm Med, 14(1): 64-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Role of long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonists in asthma management based on updated asthma guidelines.
    Curr Opin Pulm Med, 14(1): 57-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Guidelines management of asthma in a busy urban practice.
    Curr Opin Pulm Med, 14(1): 46-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Provocative challenges to help diagnose and monitor asthma: exercise, methacholine, adenosine, and mannitol.
    Curr Opin Pulm Med, 14(1): 39-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Pathologic similarities and differences between asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    Curr Opin Pulm Med, 14(1): 31-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Physiologic similarities and differences between asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
    Curr Opin Pulm Med, 14(1): 24-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Near-fatal asthma: recognition and management.
    Curr Opin Pulm Med, 14(1): 13-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Asthma and food allergy.
    Curr Opin Pulm Med, 14(1): 9-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Recent evidence for adverse effects of residential proximity to traffic sources on asthma.
    Curr Opin Pulm Med, 14(1): 3-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. End-tidal carbon dioxide measurements in children with acute asthma.
    Acad Emerg Med, 14(12): 1135-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Implications of prognostic pessimism in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma admitted to intensive care in the UK within the COPD and asthma outcome study (CAOS): multicentre observational cohort study.
    BMJ, 335(7630): 1132. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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