August 6, 2020
New technology is allowing physicians to provide more personalized respiratory care.
June 4, 2020
Fear of COVID-19 is keeping allergy and asthma patients away from the doctor’s office. For the sake of their health, I’d like to set the record straight.
April 27, 2020
COVID-19 has made ventilator access a front-page issue. But for patients with chronic respiratory conditions, especially Medicare beneficiaries, the challenge is hardly a new one.
March 18, 2020
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review wants to assess the cost-effectiveness of breakthrough drugs for cystic fibrosis. But their…
August 29, 2019
For someone with a flare-up of asthma symptoms, a short course of oral corticosteroids like prednisone can be a welcome relief. But when these potent medications become a regular remedy, asthma patients may have a problem.
June 25, 2019
The introduction of a new treatment is a boon for any disease state.
June 13, 2019
A seasonal respiratory virus that threatens the lives of infants also can have a ripple effect on caregivers, families and workplaces, a new data analysis demonstrates.
October 25, 2018
Parents of young children lack knowledge about a potentially deadly seasonal virus, a new survey from the National Coalition for Infant Health reveals.
October 23, 2018
Mitigating the high cost of severe asthma requires, in part, access to the appropriate medications. Those include the five monoclonal…
October 22, 2018
It’s plagued by incomplete analysis and missing data, yet the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s draft evidence report on severe asthma medicine still manages to deliver a familiar refrain. All five of the drugs reviewed, ICER reports, are not cost-effective.
