COVID-19

Silver Lining
September 01, 2020

One Pandemic Silver Lining: Fewer Severe Asthma Attacks in Kids

After stay-at-home orders were issued this spring because of COVID-19, doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia noticed a dramatic drop in the number of patients who were being admitted for asthma emergencies or seeing their doctors for outpatient visits. In a new study, doctors there noted the drops were significant: the hospital and its care…

Silver Lining
MD Spiro Asthma Older Male
August 11, 2020

Older, Male Asthmatics at Greater COVID-19 Severity Risk

New findings suggest differing chronic lung diseases are associated with varying risk factors among COVID-19 patients. A pre-print article from a team of investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School highlight the important of distinguishing asthma from chronic pulmonary conditions in interpreting patient risks due to coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). The findings, which…

MD Spiro Asthma Older Male
Quit Smoking During Covid Highest in Decade
July 27, 2020

Coronavirus: Smokers Quit in Highest Numbers in a Decade

More than one million people have given up smoking since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, a survey for charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) suggests. Of those who had quit in the previous four months, 41% said it was in direct response to coronavirus. Separately, University College London (UCL) found more people quit smoking in…

Quit Smoking During Covid Highest in Decade
Blog Covid Asthma
July 14, 2020

Non-allergic Asthma Linked With Increased Risk of Severe COVID-19

However, study finds allergic asthma did not significantly increase the risk of severe illness. Adults with asthma who became infected with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 were at higher risk of developing severe illness compared with adults who did not have asthma, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School…

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COVID-19 Blood Test
June 13, 2020

COPD, Smoking Increase Death Risk in COVID-19 Patients, Study Says

Smokers and people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are more likely to develop severe complications and die from COVID-19 infections than infected patients who do not smoke or have COPD, a recent meta-analysis shows. This research, however, suggests that the prevalence of COPD patients and smokers among those infected is low. The study, “Prevalence,…

COVID-19 Blood Test