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Rewiring DNA circuitry may help treat asthma
Daily News & Analysis Reprogramming asthma-promoting immune cells in mice diminishes airway damage and inflammation, and could potentially lead to new treatments for people with asthma, researchers have discovered. Breakthrough to new asthma treatments New Asthma Treatments Found |
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Asthma attacks kids as pollution in Mumbai rises
Daily News & Analysis By Somita Pal | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Over a 100 paediatricians from across the country gathered in the city on Wednesday to discuss the alarming number of Mumbai children falling prey to asthma, and their subsequent absenteeism from school and … |
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Simple techniques offer protection against asthma
Daily News & Analysis Her six-year-old son who was suffering from childhood asthma was prone to asthma attacks quite often. Swati couldn't fathom the reason till a detailed history taking by her doctor revealed that preservatives in junk food and soft drinks consumed by her … |
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'Poor treatment triggering asthma among most patients'
Daily News & Analysis That's how much you have to spend to ensure that your asthmatic kid doesn't have to suffer the ordeal of an attack. And yet, more than 62% of asthma patients under treatment for at least a year have uncontrolled asthma due to poor treatment adherence. |
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Targacept: Drug missed goal due to analysis error
BusinessWeek Drug developer Targacept Inc. said Tuesday that further analysis showed an experimental asthma treatment failed one one of its goals in a clinical trial, contrary to what the company previously reported. Targacept shares lost 59 cents, or 12.2 percent, … Targacept Announces Revised Top-Line Results from Exploratory Phase 2 Study of … Targacept reports error in asthma study Targacept loses big shareholder, finds error in previous study |
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Darshan wheels around hospitals, now
Daily News & Analysis But for Kannada cinestar Darshan, stress brought along health problems like asthma and jaundice too. Sources close to Darshan said that the actor had suffered behavioural changes due to immense stress and was shifted to Nimhans for psychiatric analysis … Darshan being treated for jaundice, asthma Qaidi 9000, Actor Darshan has asthma, jaundice Darshan in hospital for asthma, jaundice |
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Smoking during pregnancy ups kids' asthma risk: Study
Daily News & Analysis Children with severe asthma are 3.6 times more likely to have been exposed to tobacco smoking before birth than children with a mild form of the disease, according to a new study. The prenatal exposure also was associated with three times the number of … Prenatal smoking presumably linked to severe childhood asthma Smoking during pregnancy linked to severe childhood asthma Study Reveals Deep Link between Smoking While Pregnant and Asthma |
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Viral fever, asthma have hit Bangalore children the most
Daily News & Analysis In many cases, asthma is triggered by viral infection. Most asthma patients are getting viral fever. In others, viral fever is causing wheezing problems,” said Dr Preethi Galagali, consultant paediatrician, Chord Road Hospital and a member of Indian … |
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(Correcting) misdiagnoses of asthma: a cost effectiveness analysis
7thSpace Interactive (press release) The prevalence of physician-diagnosed-asthma has risen over the past three decades and misdiagnosis of asthma is potentially common. Objective: to determine whether a secondary-screening-program to establish a correct diagnosis of asthma in those who … |
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Smoking during pregnancy puts children at increased asthma risk
Daily News & Analysis Smoking during pregnancy by mothers or grandmothers puts the child at an increased risk of developing asthma, but the root cause behind this was so far not well understood. Now, a new study has found that changes in a process called DNA methylation … Smoking while pregnant 'triggers asthma through DNA changes' Pregnant smokers 'could make babies more prone to asthma by altering DNA' Smoking causes fetal DNA change |
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