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Tiny bug could be key to beat asthma
The West Australian Nobel prize-winning researcher Barry Marshall is on a mission, hoping to use the tiny squid-like bug that helped earn him the top gong in medicine to revolutionise how a vast range of infections and diseases such as the flu and asthma are prevented. |
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Pollen in pregnancy could be linked to infant asthma
Nursing Times … Immunology. Despite the scaremongering headline that suggests “severe asthma” in individual children is directly the result of pollen exposure, the Daily Mail did show caution in the main body of the story and quoted the authors' calls for more … |
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 The Guardian |
Genetic tests could pave way to 'personalised' asthma drugs
The Guardian A study, carried out by researchers in Brighton and Dundee among children whose asthma is poorly controlled, suggests that the drugs may be the problem in some cases. A drug called salmeterol, commonly given for the long-term control of asthma, works … Thousands of children's asthma inhalers make condition worse Asthma drug 'isn't working on children' and could be making their illness worse Spit test 'improves' asthma care |
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 Daily Mail |
Could a patch containing a protein produced by dust mites EASE your asthma?
Daily Mail As well as treating existing asthma sufferers, it is hoped the new patch could also be used to prevent the disease developing in the first place in children. House dust mites, which are related to the spider family, are usually less than half a … |
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Daily Mail |
Asthma: Could a patch containing a protein produced by dust mites EASE your …
Daily Mail As well as treating existing asthma sufferers, it is hoped the new patch could also be used to prevent the disease developing in the first place in children. House dust mites, which are related to the spider family, are usually less than half a … |
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Energy efficient homes could trigger asthma
ABC2 News Making your home energy efficient may be saving you money. But it could be costing you your health. Between remodeling older houses and building new ones, it's estimated millions of more homes in the U.S. will get greener over the next four years. |
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 The Engineer |
Smartphone pollution monitor could benefit asthma sufferers | News | The …
The Engineer The inventors of a new smartphone-based pollution sensor say it could help asthma sufferers avoid exposure to pollutants. The computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego, claim their CitiSense technology is the only air-quality … Portable sensors allow smartphone monitoring of exposure to pollution Smartphones monitor air pollution |
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 RedOrbit |
Drugs That Limit Excess Mucus Could Save Lives
RedOrbit “There is good evidence that what kills people with severe COPD or asthma is mucus obstructing the airway,” says Michael J. Holtzman, MD, the Selma and Herman Seldin Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. |
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Drugs Limiting Excess Mucus Could Save Lives
Patch.com “There is good evidence that what kills people with severe COPD or asthma is mucus obstructing the airway,” said Michael J. Holtzman, MD, the Selma and Herman Seldin Professor of Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. |
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 Daily Mail |
How could our girl die of asthma attack in hospital? Damning report reveals …
Daily Mail Nurses who didn't know how to give the kiss of life went into a panic when a child was admitted to hospital with a severe asthma attack. Her family described scenes of hysteria as staff who were meant to be helping their daughter desperately tried to … 'Shocking' treatment in NHS hospitals and care homes exposed in report |
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