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Express.co.uk |
Experts reveal five steps which could reduce risk of dying from ASTHMA
Express.co.uk The British Thoracic Society (BTS) and Asthma UK, who have jointly produced five steps, believe hospital discharge is a 'golden opportunity' to review asthma patients' asthma treatment and care. The plan was triggered by the recent National Review of … |
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Discovery could lead to better asthma treatment
Science Daily The international study, led by Dr Stephan Caucheteux, from Cardiff University's School of Medicine, believes their work could ultimately help asthma sufferers around the world. Some 5.4m people in the UK are currently receiving treatment for asthma, … |
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Medical Xpress |
Discovery could lead to better asthma treatment
Medical Xpress Obstruction of the lumen of a bronchiole by mucoid exudate, goblet cell metaplasia, and epithelial basement membrane thickening in a person with asthma. Credit: Yale Rosen/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 2.0. Scientists have made a discovery that could lead to … |
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Medical Xpress |
Hormone drug could cure asthma and other fibrosis-related diseases
Medical Xpress Monash scientists tested the modified Relaxin hormone in animal models of heart failure and asthma. To their surprise they found that administering the new hormone intranasally to animals with chronic allergic airways disease (equivalent to asthma in … |
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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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Vitamin D could prevent asthma, allergies in children
TVNZ A new study by a New Zealand doctor is the first to show that vitamin D supplements may prevent allergies and asthma development in babies and young children. Vitamin D tablets. Source: istock.com. The study, composed by Associate Professor Cameron … Vitamin D helps reduce childhood allergy rate |
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New asthma biomarkers could ease detection
Science Daily Some asthma patients do not find relief from inhaled corticosteroids, the mainstay of asthma treatment. Asthma sub-types could play a role in this but "there's not a good way right now to understand what those different sub-types are," Ishmael said … |
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Penn State News |
New asthma biomarkers discovered, could ease detection
Penn State News HERSHEY, Pa. — 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 … |
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Telegraph.co.uk |
Suffer from asthma? Eating these foods could help
Telegraph.co.uk The study by Southampton University has raised new hopes that diet might play a key role in halting or reducing the symptoms of asthma, which now affects 10 per cent of the UK population. Researcher Professor Philip Calder tracked the health of 123 … Eat SALMON to protect your baby from asthma Eating oily fish during pregnancy may cut asthma risk in kids Eating SALMON could protect your baby from developing asthma |
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ABC Online |
Bronchial thermoplasty could be a 'game changer' for severe asthma
ABC Online For very severe asthma suffers, everyday life can be tough. Each day can be punctuated by wheezing, breathlessness and chest tightness. But a promising medical procedure that effectively "burns" the inside of the bronchial tubes to widen the airways … |
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