These highlights from ERS 2025 included risk factors for acute wheeze, effect of BMI on lung function and asthma in children.

Asthma Exacerbations highlights from ERS 2025 included gobal epidemiology, use of corticosteroids and antibiotics in management of exacerbations and adverse events during pregnancy.

New genetic data reveal a two-way link between sleep disorders and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Insomnia more than doubled COPD risk (OR 2.29), while frequent daytime napping raised it by 58% (OR 1.57). Researchers also noted that COPD itself was linked to a higher likelihood of daytime napping. Managing sleep disturbances could aid COPD prevention.

Women with persistently high or rising stress levels later in pregnancy were over three times more likely to experience recurrent preterm birth (rPTB; OR 3.18-3.82). Of 245 women with prior preterm delivery, 22.4% had another preterm birth. Those reporting high perceived stress late in pregnancy faced a 38.9% rPTB rate vs 19.2% in lower-stress peers (aOR 2.44) serving as a strong predictor.

A study from North India highlighted that half (51%) of the patients with noncommunicable diseases (NCD) had at least one psychological comorbidity. The most common psychological comorbidity was stress (50%), followed by depression (8.5%) and anxiety (7.2%), particularly among those with CV, kidney, or cancer diagnoses. Urban residents showed a higher psychological burden (55.3%) than their rural counterparts (46.7%)...

In patients with ACS, malnutrition was linked to a higher risk of major cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in those with coexisting obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Among 1,756 patients followed for 2.9 years, moderate-to-severe malnutrition more than doubled the risk of adverse events in OSA cases (aHR 2.7). No link was seen for those without OSA. Routine nutritional screening may aid risk stratification.