Gene breakthrough offers hope to asthma sufferers – Lancashire Evening Post


Lancashire Evening Post

Gene breakthrough offers hope to asthma sufferers
Lancashire Evening Post
Dr da Silva said: “Alternative therapeutic approaches that can both reduce inflammatory and remodeling processes by over-expressing or inhibiting specific genes in the asthma inflammatory cascade, in different types of asthma and without leading to …

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Very poorly controlled asthma lasts more than a decade for half of patients – The Pharmaceutical Journal


The Pharmaceutical Journal

Very poorly controlled asthma lasts more than a decade for half of patients
The Pharmaceutical Journal
The researchers, who presented their results at the American Thoracic Society International Conference on 15–18 May 2016, say that alternative treatment strategies and helping patients to quit smoking could improve the asthma control of these patients.

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Many Parents Ill-Informed About Kids’ Asthma Meds – U.S. News & World Report


U.S. News & World Report

Many Parents Ill-Informed About Kids' Asthma Meds
U.S. News & World Report
"Of course, we need to improve provider-patient communication in the medical office, especially for controller medications for children with asthma, but providers may be unaware of their patient's lack of adherence," Wu said in a journal news release.

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American Lung Association in Nebraska: Kids With Asthma Can Attend Asthma Camp for Free – Marketwired (press release)

American Lung Association in Nebraska: Kids With Asthma Can Attend Asthma Camp for Free
Marketwired (press release)
OMAHA, NE–(Marketwired – May 31, 2016) – Both parents and kids with asthma can breathe easy this summer thanks to the American Lung Association's Camp Superkids, a weeklong summer camp exclusively for youth ages 7-17 that teaches them how to …

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