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(MedPage Today) -- Children with intermittent asthma symptoms are less likely to receive a formal diagnosis when they lack health insurance, but the same was not true for kids with persistent symptoms, researchers said.

The drugs Singulair and Accolate proved to be just as effective as steroid inhalers for the prevention of asthma symptoms with better patient compliance in two new studies.

(MedPage Today) -- A monoclonal antibody improved asthma symptoms and reduced the need for other control medications among inner-city children, researchers say.

(University of California -- Berkeley) Exposure to dirty air is linked to decreased function of a gene that appears to increase the severity of asthma in children, according to a joint study by researchers at Stanford University and UC Berkeley.

While air pollution is known to be a source of immediate inflammation, this new study provides one of the first pieces of direct evidence that explains how some ambient air pollutants could have long-term effects.

Colder temperatures can bring some relief to those allergic to mold and pollen. But winter doesn't mean the end of runny noses, itchy eyes and wheezing for asthma and allergy sufferers.

Spending more time indoors can mean more problems with dust mites, pet dander, cigarette smoke, gas fumes and household sprays and chemicals, any of which can trigger asthma symptoms.

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LITTLE FALLS, N.J., July 20 - Having patients monitor their asthma management online improves asthma symptoms, but doesn't reduce exacerbations, researchers have found.

Asthma patients using powerful acid reflux drugs even though they don't have heartburn should stop taking them, lung experts say.

It turns out the medicine doesn't improve asthma symptoms, as had been thought. Estimates are that 2.5 million to 5 million Americans with asthma also have gastroesophageal reflux, in which acid or food rises from the stomach into the throat, without any obvious heartburn symptoms....

WHEELING, W.Va. (MedPage Today) -- A proton pump inhibitor failed to improve asthma control in a randomized trial, casting doubts on a theory that asymptomatic gastroesophageal reflux disease contributes to asthma symptoms.

MANCHESTER, England (MedPage Today) -- Severe asthma symptoms were relieved in patients who took the antifungal drug itraconazole (Sporanox) showed a small randomized trial.