Tag: cuts
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Asthma Treatment Before School Cuts Exacerbations – MedPage Today
MedPage Today Asthma Treatment Before School Cuts ExacerbationsMedPage TodayInner city children with asthma had fewer exacerbations when pretreated prior to the start of school, according to a randomized clinical trial. The trial, published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, found that adding omalizumab to … View full post on asthma – Google News
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Early exposure to dogs cuts down allergies, asthma risk – WGEM
WGEM Early exposure to dogs cuts down allergies, asthma riskWGEMThey found children exposed to dogs as a baby had a reduced risk of asthma as they got older. Doctor Jason Knuffman at Quincy Medical Group says its all part of the "hygiene hypothesis" centered around the dirt and dust dogs often carry inside of a […]
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Vitamin D cuts asthma exacerbation by 74% in children: Review – NutraIngredients.com
NutraIngredients.com Vitamin D cuts asthma exacerbation by 74% in children: ReviewNutraIngredients.com"Our findings indicate a lack of evidence supporting the routine use of vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of ARI in healthy children; however, they suggest that such supplementation may benefit children previously diagnosed with asthma." … View full post on asthma – Google News
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Investigational Asthma Treatment Cuts Exacerbation Rates in Half – Pharmacy Times (registration)
Investigational Asthma Treatment Cuts Exacerbation Rates in HalfPharmacy Times (registration)The study compared the anti-interleukin-5 (IL-5) monoclonal antibody, reslizumab, with placebo in 953 patients with both asthma and elevated blood eosinophil levels. The research team found that patients treated with reslizumab in the first study … View full post on asthma – Google News
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Anti-IL-5 Cuts Exacerbations in Eosinophil Asthma – MedPage Today
Scicasts (press release) (registration) (blog) Anti-IL-5 Cuts Exacerbations in Eosinophil AsthmaMedPage TodayIn one of the studies, the clinical asthma exacerbation (CAE) rate was halved (rate ratio 0.50, 95% CI 0.37-0.67, P<0.0001) among patients receiving reslizumab compared with those given placebo, reported Mario Castro, MD, MPH, of Washington University …Investigational drug can reduce asthma flareupsMedical XpressInvestigational biologics […]
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Did Budget Cuts Cause a 12-Year-Old to Die of Asthma? – AllGov
Did Budget Cuts Cause a 12-Year-Old to Die of Asthma?AllGovA West Philadelphia schoolgirl died following an asthma flare up at school, where no nurse was available to help the student due to budget cuts, a lawsuit contends. Laporshia Massey, 12, was declared dead at a local hospital in September 2013. The …and more » View full […]
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Spiriva Cuts Flares in Heavily Treated Asthma – MedPage Today
Spiriva Cuts Flares in Heavily Treated AsthmaMedPage TodaySAN DIEGO — Tiotropium (Spiriva) Respimat improved lung function and cut exacerbations in severe asthma patients who had already maxed out other treatment options, pooled analysis of two phase III trials showed. Tiotropium cut severe exacerbations … View full post on asthma – Google News
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Roche drug cuts asthma attacks, improves lung function -study – Reuters
Roche drug cuts asthma attacks, improves lung function -studyReutersThe biotech drug lebrikizumab, which was developed by Roche Holding's Genentech unit, was tested at three doses in patients whose asthma was not sufficiently controlled even with high-dose, inhaled corticosteroids and a second asthma-controlling … View full post on asthma – Google News
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Fiber-Rich Diet Cuts Asthma in Mice – Scientist
Mother Nature Network (blog) Fiber-Rich Diet Cuts Asthma in MiceScientistWIKIMEDIA, JON SULLIVANAsthma rates in Western countries have surged in recent decades, perhaps in part because of eating habits that largely ignore fiber. Researchers have shown that mice fed a low-fiber diet reacted more strongly with asthma-like …Can eating produce help with asthma?Mother Nature Network (blog)Eating more […]