Benefit of mepolizumab for asthma not proven in trials – UPI.com

Benefit of mepolizumab for asthma not proven in trials
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Mepolizumab, sold as Nucala, was not compared fairly against other asthma treatments, raising questions as to whether it has benefits over other drugs already used for the condition, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care said
Mepolizumab in severe asthma: Added benefit not provenEurekAlert (press release)

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14% of UAE’s population suffers from asthma – gulfnews.com


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14% of UAE's population suffers from asthma
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Asthma can be caused by a combination of genetic [inherited] factors and environmental factors. If you are prone to have asthma, getting exposed to dust, smoke and chemicals, to name a few, can trigger and aggravate asthma,” said Dr Jamal Mustafa
Guidance on how to cope with asthmaLeicester Mercury

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World Asthma Day 2016: Why We Need To Reduce Air Pollution, Environmental Toxins More Than Ever – Medical Daily


Medical Daily

World Asthma Day 2016: Why We Need To Reduce Air Pollution, Environmental Toxins More Than Ever
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Asthma rates have increased significantly in recent decades, with the number of people diagnosed with asthma in the United States growing 4.3 million between 2001 and 2009. In some cases, the rise could be a result of overdiagnosis; it could also be …
Call for Action on World Asthma DayPublic News Service
City doctors to wheel out anti-pollution drive todayTimes of India
Awareness campaign launched against air pollutionBusiness Standard

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Helping asthma sufferers cope with condition – Royal Gazette


Royal Gazette

Helping asthma sufferers cope with condition
Royal Gazette
Asthma charity Open Airways will be hosting events on three days this week to help sufferers learn how to manage their condition. “Do you have an asthma action plan?” is the theme of World Asthma Day, which falls tomorrow and sees Bermuda join about 80 …
Open Airways To Celebrate World Asthma WeekBernews

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Real Time Twitter analysis on Asthma attacks can help healthcare workers anticipate hospitalisations – Firstpost


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Real Time Twitter analysis on Asthma attacks can help healthcare workers anticipate hospitalisations
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Keeping tabs on tweets may be an effective tool to help prepare for — and prevent — increases in asthma emergencies, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin. “We live in the era of Big Data,” said study co-author Sudha Ram, professor at The …
Now, Twitter to prevent asthma-related emergenciesEconomic Times

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Kids with more daily stress have more nightly asthma awakenings – Times of India


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Kids with more daily stress have more nightly asthma awakenings
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"Nocturnal asthma is an area that patients often talk about but there's not a lot of research in child nocturnal asthma," said lead author Dr. Caroline C. Horner of the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis
Stressful Days Make Kids More Prone To Nightly Asthma AttacksTech Times

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Call for Action on World Asthma Day – Public News Service


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Call for Action on World Asthma Day
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And Philadelphia isn't the only problem area in the state for asthma. Pittsburgh and Harrisburg both made the top ten list for areas nationally with the most fine particulate matter pollution, which Schuster says can trigger asthma and other health
City doctors to wheel out anti-pollution drive todayTimes of India

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