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Coach McLungsSM, Facilitating Shared Decision Making for Asthma - Patients and Caregivers Perspectives [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Asthma is a prevalent chronic disease that is difficult to manage and associated with marked disparities in outcomes. Coach McLungsSM (CML) is a pre-visit interactive, digital coaching experience that engages patients, caregivers, and providers in a tailored conversation about asthma and fosters SDM in creating a plan of care.

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Passive Digital Marker Can Identify Childhood Asthma Risk

Physician's Weekly

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It is feasible to use electronic health record (EHR) data in the Pediatric Asthma Risk Score (PARS) to accurately predict childhood asthma risk, according to a study published in the June issue of eClinicalMedicine. percent) had a confirmed asthma diagnosis after age 4 years.

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Genetic Regulation of Inflammation-Related Proteins in Asthma

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Genetically Determined Inflammation-Related Proteins in Asthma and Type-2 Signatures,” published in the June 2025 issue of European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology by Hernandez-Pacheco et al. Among the 39 proteins with significant pQTLs, 6 were linked to type 2 inflammation signatures and/or asthma.

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Asthma with Dr. Sara Ellingwood

Louisville Lectures

Sara Ellingwood presents a talk on Asthma starting with its definition and phenotypes. She discusses making a diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and management. After, Dr. Ellingwood ends with a discussion on when to refer. Watch on YouTube Listen as a Podcast Watch more Lectures from the Pulmonary Lecture Series Sara Ellingwood, M.D.

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Anti-Inflammatory Living

Doctor Rachel

In high levels, inflammation is the root cause of many of the top killers today: heart disease, cancer, stroke, emphysema, asthma, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and inflammatory bowel disease. It is a vital process, but unfortunately, too much inflammation actually damages the body. Now, why is this?

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It's Not About The Pus

StorytellERdoc

Several years ago, my daughter Emma introduced me to some videos on YouTube of a dermatologist from California who posted her sometimes shocking but always intriguing encounters with patients who suffered from a variety of dermatologic issues. Eewww, gross," Emma said. Let's watch it again!" Suddenly, my job as an ER physician was boring.

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Airways of individuals with asthma found to have higher expression of genes that amplify inflammation

Medical Xpress

The strongest risk factor for developing asthma is the presence of allergies, but it's unclear why only some individuals with allergies go on to develop asthma.

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