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Did researchers find a cure for allergies and asthma?
Mother Nature Network If you have an allergy or allergic asthma, your body thinks of the trigger as an invader — whether it's ragweed pollen or peanut protein. Your immune system overreacts to protect you, producing antibodies that can cause symptoms like rashes, itchy … |
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Researchers identify biological pathway that explains why current asthma therapies fail in many cases
News-Medical.net Asthma is an enormous public health problem that continues to grow larger, in part because scientists don't fully understand how it is caused. Existing therapies don't cure the disease and often don't even significantly alleviate the symptoms. Now … |
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Researchers discover new pathway that may trigger asthma
Medical Xpress Asthma is an enormous public health problem that continues to grow larger, in part because scientists don't fully understand how it is caused. Existing therapies don't cure the disease and often don't even significantly alleviate the symptoms. Now … Scientists identify biological pathway that could explain why asthma therapies fail |
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Researchers Funded to Study Links Between Depression and Asthma
UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences News Studies have shown that children with asthma are at higher risk for depression, and research also has shown an association between a parent or caregiver's depression and worsening symptoms in an asthmatic child. Bruce D. Miller, MD, and Beatrice L. |
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UCalgary News |
Asthma researchers develop electronic care guide for family docs
UCalgary News Dr. David Johnson, left, of the Cumming School of Medicine, with seven-year-old Noah White and his mom Erin White. A new electronic care guide Dr. Johnson co-developed will help Noah with allergy-related asthma that requires a daily regime of inhalers … |
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Regulatory Focus |
Researchers Link FDA Actions to Decrease in LABA Use in Asthma Treatment
Regulatory Focus A recent study finds an association between regulatory actions by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the use of long-acting ?2-agonists (LABA) commonly used to treat asthma. The study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical … Simple asthma screening test could improve care for children |
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Researchers find association between air quality and developing asthma
Healio “Our findings provide evidence for positive associations of exposure to NO2 and PM2.5 absorbance early in life with incidence and prevalence of asthma, but not rhinoconjunctivitis, throughout childhood and adolescence,” Ulrike Gehring, PhD, associate … |
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Researchers test new asthma treatment in Amarillo
Amarillo.com Amarillo was chosen as one of 600 test sites worldwide for a new clinical trial for asthma, and researchers are looking for local participants. On Monday, PharmaTex Research, a provider of clinical trial services in the region, announced the beginning … |
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MobiHealthNews |
California researchers receive $6M grant to predict kids' asthma attacks with …
MobiHealthNews “Asthma is the most common chronic condition in children, and it weighs heavily on the nation in terms of public health, medical costs and quality of life,” Alex Bui, the principal investigator and a professor of radiological sciences at the David … $6M to help kids cope with asthma Using Smart Devices and Wearables to Tackle Childhood Asthma |
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Tasmanian researchers scrutinise athletes' use of asthma treatment as …
ABC Online The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is funding research at the University of Tasmania to improve the testing regime for a common asthma drug suspected of enhancing athletic performance. Dr Glenn Jacobson from the University of Tasmania's School of … |
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