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Asthma can be a life threatening condition for many Americans and finding and implementing solutions for reducing asthma triggers should be a top priority for all,” said Kurt Riesenberg, Executive Director of the Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance

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Kids’ Asthma Severity Under-Recognized & Undertreated at Routine Healthcare Visits – Newswise (press release)

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Newswise — NEW YORK (June 14, 2016) – An innovative primary care-based asthma program improves identification of poorly controlled asthma among children and enhances treatment plans, compared to care provided during routine office visits, …

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New Data From GAP Landmark Trial Confirm GRAZAX® Prevents Asthma Symptoms in Children – PR Newswire (press release)

New Data From GAP Landmark Trial Confirm GRAZAX® Prevents Asthma Symptoms in Children
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The data, presented at the 2016 Annual Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) in Vienna, confirm that GRAZAX® can prevent asthma symptoms, as well as offering sustained relief from grass allergy symptoms.

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ALK (ALKB:DC / OMX: ALK B / AKABY / AKBLF) today presented new data from the GRAZAX® Asthma Prevention (GAP) trial with GRAZAX®, ALK's allergy immunotherapy tablet against grass pollen allergy. The data, presented at the 2016 Annual Congress …

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Pollution levels linked to asthma and respiratory illness – KALB News (press release)


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Pollution levels linked to asthma and respiratory illness
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Republican-controlled House has taken aim again at President Barack Obama's environmental agenda. The House has approved a bill delaying an Obama administration rule setting stricter limits on air pollution linked to asthma …

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Persistent nasal symptoms and mediator release after continuous pollen exposure in an environmental challenge chamber.

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Persistent nasal symptoms and mediator release after continuous pollen exposure in an environmental challenge chamber.

Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2016 Jun 1;

Authors: Okuma Y, Okamoto Y, Yonekura S, Iinuma T, Sakurai T, Hamasaki S, Ohki Y, Yamamoto H, Sakurai D

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Immediate- and late-phase reactions are associated with nasal symptoms of patients with allergic rhinitis.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the symptoms and mediators released after continuous allergen exposure in an environmental challenge chamber (ECC).
METHODS: Fifteen patients with Japanese cedar pollinosis were enrolled in this study and continuously exposed to cedar pollen at a concentration of 8,000 grains/m(3) for 3 hours in an ECC. Nasal function tests were performed, and nasal secretions were collected before pollen exposure (0 hour), immediately after exiting the ECC (3 hours), and 6 hours after exiting the ECC (9 hours). Symptom scores were recorded every 30 minutes in the ECC and every 3 hours after exiting the ECC. The frequency of sneezing and nose blowing also was monitored.
RESULTS: The severity of symptoms in the ECC peaked approximately 2 hours after the beginning of pollen exposure and continued more than 6 hours after leaving the ECC. Concentrations of histamine, tryptase, interleukins 5, 3, 33, and 31, and substance P increased over time, whereas that of nasal fractional exhaled nitric oxide decreased.
CONCLUSION: Various mediators are released during continuous allergen exposure, which subsequently induce persistent nasal symptoms. Effective treatment is required to control the intense inflammation observed after allergen exposure.

PMID: 27263086 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

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Wearable system promises to stem asthma attacks – FierceMobileHealthcare (press release)


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Wearable system promises to stem asthma attacks
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A new wearable tracking system that monitors heart rate, lung function and environmental factors may soon help asthma sufferers avoid attacks. The Health and Environmental Tracker (HET), designed by a research team at North Carolina State University, …
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Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America Partners With AHIP’s Coalition for Medicare Choices to Create New … – Marketwired (press release)

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America Partners With AHIP's Coalition for Medicare Choices to Create New
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LANDOVER, MD–(Marketwired – June 06, 2016) – Today, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation (AAFA) unveiled new resources created in collaboration with America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Coalition for Medicare Choices (CMC). Throughout May …

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Asthma Sufferers Could Breathe Easier Thanks To New Wearable – Med Device Online (press release)


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Asthma Sufferers Could Breathe Easier Thanks To New Wearable
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Scientists at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have developed a health and environmental tracker (HET), a wearable system that aims to predict and potentially prevent asthma attacks by tracking lung function, activity rates, environmental factors

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Health, environmental tracker could head off asthma attacks without drugs – FierceMedicalDevices (press release) (registration)


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Health, environmental tracker could head off asthma attacks without drugs
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