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Asthma: study may explain why some patients do not respond to treatment
Medical News Today Based on their results, the researchers suggest that blocking NPY activity in asthma patients could be a viable treatment option for the disease, offering hope to patients who fail to respond to current asthma medications. Panettieri notes that NPY … Scientists Say They Have Found 'Pathway' That Can Trigger Asthma |
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STAT6 may explain mortality associated with some asthma drug
Baylor College of Medicine News (press release) The “black box” warning on some long-acting beta agonists – drugs used to ward off asthma attacks – mandates that such medications be sold as combination agents that contain a steroid to prevent the rare episodes of medication-associated deaths. |
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Meda Pharmaceuticals Announces Launch of Part 3 of the Medikidz Explain Asthma …
PR Newswire (press release) SOMERSET, N.J., Nov. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Meda Pharmaceuticals (Meda), a leading international specialty pharmaceutical company, announces the launch of Part 3 of the Medikidz Explain Asthma Series, the latest comic book to help families gain an … |
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Higher reported cat dander sensitization rate may explain asthma prevalence in …
Healio Reports of sensitization to cat dander were found to be higher among patients with IBS, which may explain the high prevalence of asthma in this population, according to data presented at the AGA's 2015 James W. Freston Conference in Chicago. |
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Pool Chemicals May Explain Higher Rates Of Asthma Among Endurance …
Huffington Post A long-term study would help distinguish "between athletes with asthma who self-select to swimming and those who have asthma as a result of exposure to endurance training practices," said lead author Dr. Margo Mountjoy of McMaster University Waterloo … Asthma very common among Olympic-level swimmers |
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Demographics, not location, explain high inner-city asthma rates
Clinical Advisor “Although it is thought that inner-city areas have a high burden of asthma, the prevalence of asthma in inner cities across the United States is not known,” noted Corinne A. Keet, MD, PHD, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and colleagues. Can we talk? Patients may avoid topic of work-related asthma for fear of … Workers May Be Afraid to Discuss Job-Related Asthma Work-Related Asthma Underdiagnosed, Under-Recognized |
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Zee News |
Genetic mutations can't explain asthma
Zee News "Previous studies have likely overestimated the heritability of asthma. This could be because those estimates are based on correlations between family members that share environment as well as genes, which could inflate the heritability," said Carole … |
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Rare mutations do not explain "missing heritability" in asthma
HealthCanal.com Despite a strong suspected link between genetics and asthma, commonly found genetic mutations account for only a small part of the risk for developing the disease — a problem known as missing heritability. Rare and low frequency genetic mutations have … Rare mutations do not explain 'missing heritability' in asthma Genetic Mutations in Asthma Come into Question |
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Rare mutations do not explain 'missing heritability' in asthma
Medical Xpress "Previous studies have likely overestimated the heritability of asthma," said study senior author Carole Ober, PhD, Blum-Riese Professor and chair of the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Chicago. "This could be because those estimates … |
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Nature World News |
Researchers Explain why Asthma, Pneumonia Drugs Become Ineffective Over …
Nature World News Drugs used to treat asthma and pneumonia tend to work with the body's clock, a new study has found. The research explains why these drugs become ineffective over time. Both asthma and pneumonia cause inflammation of the lung airways. The study … Drugs used to treat lung disease work with the body clock 'Body clock' impacts on lung disease treatments |
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