Asthma: study may explain why some patients do not respond to treatment – Medical News Today


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Asthma: study may explain why some patients do not respond to treatment
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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
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STAT6 may explain mortality associated with some asthma drug – Baylor College of Medicine News (press release)

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)


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Meda Pharmaceuticals Announces Launch of Part 3 of the Medikidz Explain Asthma
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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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Pool Chemicals May Explain Higher Rates Of Asthma Among Endurance … – Huffington Post


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Pool Chemicals May Explain Higher Rates Of Asthma Among Endurance
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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 …
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Demographics, not location, explain high inner-city asthma rates – Clinical Advisor

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.
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Rare mutations do not explain “missing heritability” in asthma – HealthCanal.com

Rare mutations do not explain "missing heritability" in asthma
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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 …
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Researchers Explain why Asthma, Pneumonia Drugs Become Ineffective Over … – Nature World News


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Researchers Explain why Asthma, Pneumonia Drugs Become Ineffective Over
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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 …
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