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Spring tips for asthma sufferers
Modesto Bee If you have asthma, allergens and pollens may be something you try to avoid altogether. Things that can cause an asthma flare-up are called triggers. Once you have recognized what your triggers are, you can avoid them. Here are some tips: … |
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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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Medscape |
Help Patients With Asthma Use Inhalers the Right Way
Medscape Hello. I am Dr Joy Hsu, with CDC's National Asthma Control Program. I am speaking to you as part of the CDC Expert Commentary Series on Medscape. I would like to discuss the CDC response to clinicians' requests for tools to help their patients with … Yes, asthma is over-diagnosed, but it is still a matter of life or death |
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Phys.Org |
Nanoparticle acts like Trojan horse to halt asthma
Phys.Org In an entirely new approach to treating asthma and allergies, a biodegradable nanoparticle acts like a Trojan horse, hiding an allergen in a friendly shell, to convince the immune system not to attack it, according to new Northwestern Medicine research. End of inhalers? cure for asthma and food allergies on horizon |
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Telegraph.co.uk |
End of inhalers? cure for asthma and food allergies on horizon
Telegraph.co.uk A universal cure for asthma and food allergies is on the horizon after scientists found a way to convince the immune system to ignore triggers like pollen or peanuts. The new approach involves taking a small amount of the problem food or allergen and … Nanoparticle acts like Trojan horse to halt asthma |
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Sorority raising asthma awareness with 5K, expo
Valdosta Daily Times VALDOSTA –– The Valdosta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. will host Breathe Easy 5K Run/Walk and Health Expo for Asthma Awareness at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 14, at the Valdosta State University Student Recreation Center. |
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CBS News |
A simple asthma blood test may be in the works
CBS News Penn State researchers previously showed that chemicals in the lungs and blood called microRNAs — miRNAs for short — which may regulate proteins involved in allergic inflammation, could be used as asthma biomarkers. But the researchers didn't know if … This biomarker can sort out asthma from allergies |
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This biomarker can sort out asthma from allergies
Futurity: Research News People with asthma have telltale molecules circulating in their blood, report researchers. The discovery could lead to the first diagnostic blood test for asthma, as well as more targeted treatments for the condition. “Right now, we diagnose asthma … |
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CTV News |
Think you've got asthma? Expert says you may be wrong
CTV News Ottawa Hospital respirologist Dr. Shawn Aaron, a senior scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, published a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal in 2008, that found many Canadians who believe they have asthma have never been … |
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Community Briefs: Register now for Asthma Day Camp June 20-24
The Delaware County Daily Times SPRINGFIELD >> The Healthplex Sports Club, 194 W. Sproul Road, hosts its annual Asthma Day Camp from June 20-24. The camp is dedicated to teaching youth between the ages of 7-12 how to better control their asthma and be active at the same time. |
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