Monthly Newsletter from the Arizona Asthma Coalition |
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2020 Focused Updates to Asthma Management Guidelines Now Available [NHLBI]
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health announced 19 recommendations in six key areas of asthma diagnosis, management and treatment. The new guidance represents the first updates to federal comprehensive asthma management and treatment guidelines in more than a decade, and focuses on tailored treatment interventions for specific age groups based on disease severity using inhaled corticosteroids, long-acting antimuscarinic agents, immunotherapy, indoor allergen mitigation, fractional exhaled nitric oxide testing, and bronchial thermoplasty. The recommendations are based on systematic reviews conducted by the Agency for Health Research and Quality and input from National Asthma Education Prevention Program (NAEPP) participant organizations, medical experts, and the public. View the Asthma Guidelines Read 'Managing Asthma in Adolescents and Adults: 2020 Asthma Guideline Update From the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program' |
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People with asthma less likely to contract COVID-19: study
Repost from The Hill
People with asthma may be at reduced risk of contracting the coronavirus, according to research published last week in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Israeli researchers tested 37,469 subjects, 6 percent of whom were positive for the virus. Of the subjects positive for the virus, 6.75 percent had asthma, compared to 9.62 percent of those who were negative for COVID-19, according to the study results.
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