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Condition: Widespread Chronic Pain
Interventions: Drug: Ketotifen Fumarate; Drug: Placebo; Other: Standard of Care
Sponsors: McGill University Health Center; The Louise And Alan Edwards Foundation
Recruiting – verified December 2016
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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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MicroRNAs circulating in blood could lead to first diagnostic test for asthma
News-Medical.net People with asthma have telltale molecules circulating in their blood, say researchers at Penn State College of Medicine. The discovery could lead to the first diagnostic blood test for asthma, as well as more targeted treatments for the condition … |
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Developing better drugs for asthma and high blood pressure
EurekAlert (press release) For asthma and high blood pressure, the researchers are systematically examining the regulatory effect of small RNA (ribonucleic acid) strands. In other words, they are using bioinformatic methods to identify illness-related genes; that is, the genes … |
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Heavy metals in PM2.5 and in blood, and children’s respiratory symptoms and asthma from an e-waste recycling area.
Environ Pollut. 2016 Jan 21;210:346-353
Authors: Zeng X, Xu X, Zheng X, Reponen T, Chen A, Huo X
Abstract
This study was to investigate the levels of heavy metals in PM2.5 and in blood, the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and asthma, and the related factors to them. Lead and cadmium in both PM2.5 and blood were significant higher in Guiyu (exposed area) than Haojiang (reference area) (p < 0.05), however, no significant difference was found for chromium and manganese in PM2.5 and in blood. The prevalence of cough, phlegm, dyspnea, and wheeze of children was higher in Guiyu compared to Haojiang (p < 0.05). No significant difference was found for the prevalence of asthma in children between Guiyu and Haojiang. Living in Guiyu was positively associated with blood lead (B = 0.196, p < 0.001), blood cadmium (B = 0.148, p < 0.05) and cough (OR, 2.37; 95% CI, 1.30-4.32; p < 0.01). Blood lead>5 ?g/dL was significantly associated with asthma (OR, 9.50; 95% CI, 1.16-77.49). Higher blood chromium and blood manganese were associated with more cough and wheeze, respectively. Our data suggest that living in e-waste exposed area may lead to increased levels of heavy metals, and accelerated prevalence of respiratory symptoms and asthma.
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Predicting frequent asthma exacerbations using blood eosinophil count and …
Dove Medical Press Patients and methods: Medical records of 130,547 asthma patients aged 12–80 years from the UK Optimum Patient Care Research Database and Clinical Practice Research Datalink, 1990–2013, were examined for 1 year before (baseline) and 1 year after … |
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Conditions: Asthma; Elevated Blood Eosinophils
Interventions: Drug: Reslizumab; Drug: Placebo
Sponsor: Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products, R&D Inc.
Not yet recruiting – verified July 2015
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Researchers Reveal that Blood Lipid Levels in Children Correlate with Asthma …
Lung Disease News Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory lung disease characterized by airflow obstruction that causes wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and coughing. The respiratory disorder is thought to be caused by a combination of both genetic and … |
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Blood lipid levels correlate with childhood asthma
Healio “Our study shows that the blood lipid profile known to increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases also confers a risk of asthma and allergy in childhood, suggesting that the same treatment regimen could be relevant for those diseases as well,” Rebecca K. |
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Handheld Device Can Diagnose Asthma With One Drop of Blood
Lung Disease News In asthmatic patients, Neutrophils migrate to the lungs when other cells of the immune system within the lung tissue become stimulated and begin to release type of proteins called chemokines. The new handheld device is a microfluidic device that … |
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