Asthma drug found to rejuvenate older rat brains – Medical Xpress


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Asthma drug found to rejuvenate older rat brains
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(Medical Xpress)—A European team of researchers working in Austria has found that a drug commonly prescribed to treat asthma can lead to rejuvenation in an older rat brain. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group …
Asthma drug could rejuvenate ageing brains, study suggestsThe Guardian
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Carbon nanotubes found in lung cells of all asthma patients – Science Recorder


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Carbon nanotubes found in lung cells of all asthma patients
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The scientists studied lung cells from 69 randomly selected asthma patients aged two to 17 who receive routine fiber-optic bronchoscopy as part of their treatment. Particulate matter was found in the alveolar macrophage cells–the cells that prevent
Carbon nanotubes found in children's lungs for the first timeNew Scientist
Carbon Nanotubes Found for the First Time Ever in Human Lungs of Asthmatic Times Gazette
Carbon nanotubes found in children's lungs in ParisPulse Headlines
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UPDATE: Glaxo’s (GSK) Severe Asthma Drug Mepolizumab Found Effective in … – StreetInsider.com

UPDATE: Glaxo's (GSK) Severe Asthma Drug Mepolizumab Found Effective in
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GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) severe asthma drug, mepolizumab, is effective in adults, FDA panel says, according to Bloomberg. UPDATE – Last November, Glaxo announced that it filed regulatory submissions in the USA and Europe for mepolizumab for …

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Scientists Have Found The Cause Of Asthma—And Possibly The Cure – Womans Day (blog)


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Scientists Have Found The Cause Of Asthma—And Possibly The Cure
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Drop your inhaler—you may not need it anymore. Scientists at Cardiff University in Wales say they have found the root cause of asthma. The discovery could lead to a new treatment for the condition within the next five years. Using mice and human
British researchers discover potential cause of asthma and new treatmentNew York Daily News
Fresh understanding of what causes asthma opens door for new treatmentGizmag
Asthma Drug That Can Prevent Patients From Ever Having An Attack Could Be Medical Daily
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Central Obesity in Women Found to Be Associated With Poor Asthma Control – Lung Disease News


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Central Obesity in Women Found to Be Associated With Poor Asthma Control
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Asthma is a chronic, inflammatory, respiratory disease that is still uncontrolled in a considerably high number of patients. Comorbidities like obesity have been reported to negatively influence asthma control, and the harmful effects of these

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What The Study Found: 2 times more asthma, 3 times more severe lung disorder – The Indian Express


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What The Study Found: 2 times more asthma, 3 times more severe lung disorder
The Indian Express
Current asthma was prevalent in 4.6 per cent children of Delhi against 2.5 per cent of the controls. The instance of physician-diagnosed asthma, too, was two times more in Delhi. About 15 per cent of Delhi's children had frequent eye irritation

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Newly found genes affecting allergies and asthma could provide new drug targets – HSPH News


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Newly found genes affecting allergies and asthma could provide new drug targets
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Boston, MA – Allergies affect 30% of people around the world and asthma afflicts 10% of all children. Now, a new study has uncovered more than 30 genes that have strong effects on allergies, asthma, and Immunoglobulin E (IgE)—an antibody that triggers …

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Vitamin D Levels Found To Be Lower Among Asthmatic Adolescents – Lung Disease News


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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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Children’s asthma found to improve after adenotonsillectomy – Medical News Today


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Children's asthma found to improve after adenotonsillectomy
Medical News Today
In the study, published in PLoS Medicine, the authors compared the hospital admissions and prescriptions of children with asthma before and after having adenotonsillectomy surgery, in order to assess whether the control of their asthma improved
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