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Asthma patients at risk for more reactions during food OIT
Healio “Baseline asthma severity does not seem to affect the risk of severe reactions at random exposure and during the course of [milk oral immunotherapy (MOIT)], but patients with intermittent asthma have a more favorable outcome,” Arnon Elizur, MD, of Tel … |
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Rare genetic mutations unaccountable for 'missing heritability' in asthma
Healio Catherine Igartua, PhD candidate, of the University of Chicago, and colleagues conducted a meta-analysis of 13 studies on ethnically diverse samples of asthma cases, nonasthmatic controls and case-parent trios. They sought to understand whether rare or … |
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Asthma patients showed elevated sputum neutrophils when exposed to …
Healio Sputum neutrophils were elevated in adults diagnosed with severe asthma and exposed to workplace asthmagens, according to a recent study in BMC Pulmonary Medicine. “We found that approximately one-third of adults with poorly controlled asthma had … |
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Energy efficient public housing may increase asthma risk in adults
Healio Each increase in household energy efficiency was linked to a 2% to 3% increase in risk for an asthma-related doctor visit among adults in the last year. Researchers indicated mold growth and the presence of a dank odor were linked with a two-fold … |
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Antibiotic use during pregnancy linked to development of asthma in children
Healio Because the majority of mothers in the study were from disadvantaged, urban, Hispanic backgrounds, the study results were limited to underprivileged children at risk for asthma. Another hindrance to the study was that researchers did not have access to … |
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Western diet pattern may contribute to asthma symptoms in adults
Healio “There are several pathways by which a Western diet pattern could influence adult asthma,” researchers wrote. “The Western diet pattern is rich in pro-inflammatory foods and poor in antioxidant foods, which could influence responses to environmental … |
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Few patients communicate with clinicians about job-related asthma
Healio Researchers with the CDC examined the 2006 to 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Asthma Call-Back Survey data from 40 states and the District of Columbia to identify 50,433 ever-employed adults (aged at least 18 years; 63% women) with … |
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More evidence needed to link paracetamol, childhood asthma
Healio The researchers said that since paracetamol is used to treat respiratory tract infections — a known risk factor for childhood asthma — it remains uncertain whether paracetamol causes asthma or if the association is due to confounding by respiratory … |
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Persistent asthma related to increased low-density granulocyte levels
Healio Researchers studied 20 patients with intermittent (n=9) or mild persistent (n=11) asthma, 20 patients with moderate persistent (MoP; n=10) or severe persistent (SP; n=10) asthma, and 20 controls with no history of allergy or asthma. All participants … |
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Confounding familial factors could influence link between antibiotics …
Healio “Our results indicate that there is no causal link between antibiotics treatment and childhood asthma,” researcher Catarina Almqvist Malmros, MD, PhD, pediatrician and professor at the department of medical epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska … |
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