Growing evidence from scientific research elucidates the important role of alexithymia in
chronic immune diseases. This Review aims to explore the presence of alexithymia in …

Clinical research showed that asthma control is an achievable target. However, real‐life
observations suggest that a significant proportion of patients suffer from symptoms and …

Asthma is a serious health problem throughout the world. During the past two decades,
many scientific advances have improved our understanding of asthma and ability to manage …

BackgroundPrevious studies have demonstrated a specific cognitive bias for sad stimuli in
currently depressed patients; little is known, however, about whether this bias persists after …

Background Alexithymia is a personality trait characterized by difficulties in differentiating
and describing feelings. Research indicates that alexithymia acts as a triggering factor for …

Background Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic rheumatologic disease
characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and other psychopathological symptoms …

Although assessment of asthma control is important to guide treatment, it is difficult since the
temporal pattern and risk of exacerbations are often unpredictable. In this Review, we …

Objective: To explore the associations between alexithymia and increased somatic
morbidity. The mechanisms underlying these associations, however, are still unclear …

Despite the regular treatment with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) or ICS plus long-acting
beta2-agonists, permits to control de majority of asthmatics, a significant proportion of …

Background: Severe asthma patients are those suffering from asthma exacerbations despite
adherence to maximal optimized asthma treatment such as high dose inhalant …