Introduction: There is a major epidemic of obesity, and many obese patients suffer with
respiratory symptoms and disease. The overall impact of obesity on lung function is …

Before the first description of hay fever in 1870, there was very little awareness of allergic
disease, which is actually similar to the situation in prehygiene villages in Africa today. The …

In obese people, the presence of adipose tissue around the rib cage and abdomen and in
the visceral cavity loads the chest wall and reduces functional residual capacity (FRC). The …

Rationale: In patients with community-acquired pneumonia, guidelines recommend
antibiotic treatment for 7 to 21 d. Procalcitonin is elevated in bacterial infections, and its …

Asthma and obesity are prevalent disorders, each with a significant public health impact,
and a large and growing body of literature suggests an association between the two. The …

Airway smooth muscle (ASM) plays an integral part in the pathophysiology of asthma. It is
responsible for acute bronchoconstriction, which is potentiated by constrictor …

Excessive airway obstruction is the cause of symptoms and abnormal lung function in
asthma. As airway smooth muscle (ASM) is the effecter controlling airway calibre, it is …

BACKGROUND A study was undertaken to assess whether the recent increases in
prevalence of both asthma and obesity are linked and to determine if obesity is a risk factor …

BACKGROUND An increase in the prevalence of obesity and asthma over recent decades
has been reported in affluent societies. Both overweight and obesity have been shown to be …

Obesity is the most common metabolic disease in the world and its prevalence has been
increasing over several decades. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that, by …