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Dangerous placebo medicine for asthma – ScienceBlogs (blog)


The Inquisitr

Dangerous placebo medicine for asthma
ScienceBlogs (blog)
The current study is entitled, Active Albuterol or Placebo, Sham Acupuncture, or No Intervention in Asthma. Personally, I like this title. It's a fine title, as it tells the reader in essence what the trial design is in only a few words. …
Researchers Use Placebo Effect To Study AsthmaThe Inquisitr
Study examines placebo effect in asthma casesNurse.com
Asthma Placebo "As Effective As Active Drug" Study UnveilsSouth Asia Mail

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Philippines Warns Against Using Lizards as Medicine – Voice of America (blog)


Globe and Mail

Philippines Warns Against Using Lizards as Medicine
Voice of America (blog)
Geckos, climbing lizards common in tropical countries, are used as folk treatments for asthma, AIDS and other ailments in China and Southeast Asia. But the Philippine Department of Health on Friday said there is no evidence they provide any health …
Health department: Gecko can't cure Aids, asthmaSun.Star
Warning issued vs. "tuko" treatmentPhilippine Star
DoH warns against use of geckos to cure asthma, AiDSInquirer.net
The Associated Press –Winnipeg Free Press
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The Placebo Effect, This Time in Asthma – Wall Street Journal (blog)


Los Angeles Times

The Placebo Effect, This Time in Asthma
Wall Street Journal (blog)
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine took 39 asthma patients and had them make 12 visits each to a medical facility, each time after having been off long-acting asthma medications for 24 hours. On each visit, a patient was randomly …
Asthma symptom changes reflect placebo effectCBC.ca
More evidence of placebo effect's power, this time from an asthma studyMinnPost.com (blog)
Asthma study reveals the power of the placebo effectLos Angeles Times
WebMD –WebMD.Boots.com –MedPage Today
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More evidence of placebo effect’s power, this time from an asthma study – MinnPost.com (blog)


ABC News

More evidence of placebo effect's power, this time from an asthma study
MinnPost.com (blog)
Asthma patients reported that placebo treatments were as effective as real medicine in relieving their wheezing and coughing, even though an objective breathing test showed that only the medicine …
Asthma symptom changes reflect placebo effectCBC.ca
Asthma study reveals the power of the placebo effectLos Angeles Times
Asthma Study Shows Placebo Can Help SymptomsWebMD
MedPage Today –WebMD.Boots.com –Bloomberg
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Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Poor Asthma Control – Your Daily News Fix (blog)


Your Daily News Fix (blog)

Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Poor Asthma Control
Your Daily News Fix (blog)
New research suggests that there is a strong connection present between persistent exposure to air pollution, as well as poor asthma control. The study carried out by researchers was composed of 481 adults diagnosed with the inflammatory airway disease …
Fireworks boosted weekend pollution in UtahSalt Lake Tribune
UK deaths from air pollution as high as reported during the 1952 `Great Smog`Environmental Expert (press release)

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Asthma, gamma-interferon, and the mouse that didn’t wheeze – Scope (blog)


Scope (blog)

Asthma, gamma-interferon, and the mouse that didn't wheeze
Scope (blog)
In a just-out study, Stanford's Steve Galli, MD, Mang Yu, MD, PhD, and their colleagues induced a condition very closely mimicking asthma's molecular and cellular symptoms, not just the wheezing, in lab mice. But doing so required the active …
Key immune substance linked to asthma, Stanford study findsEurekAlert (press release)

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