Despite many advances in therapeutic options for asthma, many people who suffer from this disease put up with chronic symptoms and suffer acute exacerbations (AE), requiring treatment with oral steroids…

Asthma is a common disease and affects about 300 million individuals worldwide. The prevalence of smoking is similar in asthmatics than it is in the general population. Smoking leads to…

Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is an irreversible condition, which is usually diagnosed in smokers in their 4-5th decade of life. It is the 3rd leading cause of death and…

This month in our journal club we discussed an application of the FENO (fractional exhaled nitric oxide) test in asthma.  Nitric Oxide (NO) is a gas normally found in exhaled…

This month in our journal club we discussed whether it is safe for patients with asthma to be reliant on a rescue inhaler, which is commonly referred to as a…

There are many benefits to exercise. Unfortunately when people develop severe lung disease it makes it difficult to exercise. Pulmonary rehabilitation programs offer people an individualized set of exercises, supervised…

There are new developments in asthma both in the treatment and in the diagnostics methods. This paper assesses the short term effect of the novel therapeutic agent for severe asthma…

Recently I saw a patient with interstitial lung disease in my practice who has just been discharged from the hospital recovering from COVID19 pneumonia. This was her second COVID19 pneumonia,…