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Early diagnosis stressed for asthma control
Republica KATHMANDU, May 6: On World Asthma Day Tuesday doctors in the capital stressed on early diagnosis of asthma and right treatment to keep it under control. Asthma, being an incurable disease, the only way to handle it is by minimizing the risk of asthama … |
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Simple asthma diagnosis became a medical mystery
Chron.com Counterintuitively, the solution to Bishop's asthma issues was a gastric bypass operation. The surgery allowed food and medication to flow into the small intestine, bypassing the stomach and halting the entry of stomach fluid into her lungs. "It was a … |
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The key to easy asthma diagnosis is in the blood
University of Wisconsin-Madison Using just a single drop of blood, a team of UW-Madison researchers has developed a faster, cheaper and more accurate tool for diagnosing even mild cases of asthma. This handheld technology — which takes advantage of a previously unknown correlation … |
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The key to easy asthma diagnosis is in the blood
Phys.Org This handheld technology—which takes advantage of a previously unknown correlation between asthmatic patients and the most abundant type of white blood cells in the body—means doctors could diagnose asthma even if their patients are not … |
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NICE backs FeNO devices for asthma diagnosis
Nursing Times It has recommended three devices – NIOX MINO, NIOX VERO and NObreath – to measure the levels of fractional-exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) a patient is breathing out that are indicative of inflammation associated with asthma. The institute's guidance … Asthma sufferers recommended breath test pioneered in Gloucestershire Search for jobs in the North East |
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Condition: Asthma
Intervention: Drug: Methacholine Chloride (SK-1211)
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Challenges surround asthma diagnosis, management in older, obese adults
Healio SAN DIEGO — The diagnosis and management of asthma in obese or adults aged older than 65 years is often complicated by age-related changes in physiology and psychosocial functioning, as well as comorbid medical conditions, according to researchers … |
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Fresh advance in the diagnosis and control of childhood asthma
YottaFire A researcher at the University of the Basque Country has produced a Ph.D. thesis at the pediatric pneumology section of the Hospital Universitario Donostia in San Sebastian; it deals with the link between asthma and exhaled nitric oxide. In a piece of … |
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Two tests in combination can provide better asthma diagnosis
YottaFire It was previously thought that the two test methods signalled the same type of asthma. But a new study, led by researchers at Uppsala University, Sweden, shows that the methods actually signal two different inflammatory processes. With the tests used … |
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Combining two tests can provide better asthma diagnosis
YottaFire It was previously thought that the two test methods signalled the same type of asthma. But a new study, led by researchers at Uppsala University, Sweden, shows that the methods actually signal two different inflammatory processes. With the tests used … |
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