FeNO testing is increasingly recognized as a key first step in asthma assessment under the updated UK guidelines.

Researchers have identified a genetic biomarker of asthma that can be tested for using a simple nasal brush and basic follow-up data analysis. This inexpensive diagnostic test can accurately identify ...

IS LUNG HEALTH DAY, THOUGH MANY OF US TAKE BREATHING FOR GRANTED, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE STRUGGLE GETTING ENOUGH AIR DUE TO ASTHMA CONDITION THAT CAN BE DEADLY. AN ESTIMATED 262 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE ...

A meta-analysis shows that fractional exhaled nitrous oxide (FeNO) is a good evidence-based adjunct test for asthma A meta-analysis published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings shows that fractional exhaled ...

Current asthma tests can only detect one type of the lung disease, but an experimental nasal swab has demonstrated the ability to differentiate between various asthma types. The disease, which affects ...

A lung function test used to help diagnose asthma works better in the morning, becoming less reliable throughout the day, Cambridge researchers have found. Using real world data from 1,600 patients, ...

If the FeNO level is not raised, it is recommended that the patient be offered either a Long-Acting Muscarinic Antagonist ...

June 11 (UPI) --Researchers have developed a simple nasal brush test than can accurately identify mild to moderate asthma in a cheaper way than pulmonary diagnostics. The most common tests for asthma ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a nasal swab test for children and youth that helps clinicians diagnose specific asthma subtypes, or endotypes, using nasal epithelial gene ...

Researchers observed that only 8.3% of 24 children or adolescents with peanut allergy passed a double-blind placebo-controlled food challenge with at least 444 mg of peanut protein after receiving ...

A new trial at Sheffield Children's Hospital will test whether a combined inhaler can better control asthma symptoms and ...