The Severe Asthma Program, part of the Partners Asthma Center, offers state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic options that enable your patients with severe asthma to achieve improved respiratory health. Meanwhile, Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers are discovering new therapies to manage the disease.

Research points to immunological differences in responses to steroids in patients with severe asthma, suggesting reasons corticosteroids may paradoxically perpetuate inflammation in severe asthma. Read More

Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) researchers have identified new genetic markers associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The discovery has shed  light on the genetic basis for the disease. Read More