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Possible Link Between Suicide Risk and Asthma – Atopy Focus of Recent Study
Lung Disease News Asthma and atopy, the genetic tendency to develop allergic diseases, have been suggested to be associated with a higher risk of suicide ideation and depression. Bristol researchers have studied this possible link between pre-defined asthma and atopy … |
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Boehringer Presents New Phase III Data for Asthma Therapy Tiotropium
Lung Disease News Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim recently presented encouraging data regarding its investigational drug tiotropium delivered through the company's Respimat inhaler, for the treatment of asthma. The data was presented … Tiotropium improves lung function in asthma, regardless of allergic status |
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Study Highlights Need For Greater Treatment Practice Standardization Of …
Lung Disease News shutterstock_224584318 The heterogeneity of asthma, comprising a group of related disorders that can be caused or contributed to by a diverse range of factors, makes the disease challenging to study and treat. In addressing that issue, the Cincinnati … |
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Premature Babies Are Prone to Asthma, But Likely to Grow Out of It
Lung Disease News In a study titled “Prematurity and Prescription Asthma Medication from Childhood to Young Adulthood: A Danish National Cohort Study,“ recently published in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers examined a large patient database, spanning from 1980 until … |
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Allergy-Induced Asthma Thwarted by Anti-Inflammatory Drug
Lung Disease News asthma Allergy-induced asthma may be prevented by a drug that acts on serotonin receptors, according to work from Louisiana State University Health New Orleans. Researchers at LSU showed that (R)-DOI, a “psychedelic” drug that activates serotonin … Psychedelic drug prevents asthma in mice |
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Variations in Asthma Symptoms Depend on Environmental Exposure
Lung Disease News Not all asthma sufferers display similar disease characteristics, and one of the reasons behind this discrepancy may be different patient backgrounds concerning occupational environments and smoking habits. One study, published in BMC Pulmonary … |
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Top 10 Reasons to Go to the 11th Asthma & COPD Conference in April 2015
Lung Disease News This year's Asthma & COPD 2015 will be held at the Holiday Inn Regent's Park Hotel between April 13 and 14, 2015 in London, United Kingdom, and will include prominent scientists, clinicians and industry leaders who will gather to discuss the latest … |
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Study Shows People with Asthma Avoid Talking With Their Doctors About Work …
Lung Disease News shutterstock_247085752 According to a recent study, people with asthma avoid talking with their doctors about work-related asthma. The findings were published in the current issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. The study reveals that … |
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Patients with Asthma and Xerostomia Have Poor Levels of Controlled Disease
Lung Disease News COPD Exacerbations According to recent study, patients that suffer from asthma and a condition called xerostomia (or dry mouth syndrome), have poor levels of controlled disease. The results of the study entitled “Xerostomia relates to the degree of … |
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Vitamin D Levels Found To Be Lower Among Asthmatic Adolescents
Lung Disease News According to a recent study led by Ourania Kolokotroni from the Cyprus International Institute for Environmental & Public Health in association with Harvard School of Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, asthmatic young people have lower … |
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