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Vitamin D supplementation improved airway function in patients with asthma
Healio Patients with asthma who were treated with vitamin D and asthma controllers had significantly improved airway function after 24 weeks compared with patients treated with asthma controllers alone, according to recent study results. Researchers studied … |
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Asthma twice as likely in black children as whites in 10-year span
Healio Black children were twice as likely as white children to have asthma from 2001 to 2010, while disparities based on at-risk rates, including ED visits and hospitalizations, decreased, according to recent CDC-based study data. Lara J. Akinbami, MD, of … |
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FDA approves Striverdi Respimat for COPD, includes asthma warning
Healio “The safety and effectiveness of Striverdi Respimat in people with asthma has not been established, and it is not approved to treat asthma,” the release said. “Striverdi Respimat should not be used as a rescue therapy to treat sudden breathing problems … FDA Clears Olodaterol (Striverdi Respimat) for COPD Once-Daily Inhaler Approved for COPD FDA approves Boehringer's once-a-day inhaler drug |
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Exhaled nitric oxide data affected treatment for patients with asthma
Healio “Asthma management in an outpatient setting is best accomplished by clinical evaluation coupled with spirometry and symptom evaluation, but these assessments do not provide information about airway inflammation,” researchers wrote. “Exhaled nitric … |
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Perceived harmful odor increased airway inflammation in patients with asthma
Healio Jaén and Pamela Dalton, PhD, a cognitive psychologist at Monell, studied 17 patients with asthma. Eleven were classified as having mild asthma (FEV1 greater than 80%), and six had severe asthma (FEV1 lower than 60%). All patients were exposed to 15 … Asthma: What You Think You Smell Matters |
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Six research developments in asthma
Healio “The risk estimates for all allergic diseases tended to point toward an inverse relation with lung cancer, which was weaker for asthma, of moderate strength for eczema, and strongest for hay fever,” Mariam El-Zein, PhD, of the INRS-Institut Armand … |
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Dairy intake during pregnancy reduced children's eczema, asthma risks
Healio Higher maternal intake of total dairy products, cheese, yogurt and calcium during pregnancy was associated with a reduced risk for infantile eczema, asthma and atopic eczema in children, according to study results. Researchers in Japan studied 1,354 … |
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Redox mechanisms in allergic asthma associated with disease pathogenesis
Healio Redox mechanisms of oxidative stress in allergic asthma played a “critical role” in disease pathogenesis and could be a therapeutic target, according to recent study results. Researchers conducted a literature review of PubMed for redox therapy … |
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Higher BMI in childhood associated with asthma risk
Healio Higher BMI was associated with the risk for asthma in mid-childhood, according to recent genetic study results. Researchers used Mendelian randomization to study causal effects of BMI, fat mass and lean mass on asthma in 4,835 children (12.3% with … |
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Annual Medicaid costs for pediatric asthma-related ED visits topped $270 million
Healio State Medicaid programs spent an estimated $272 million on pediatric asthma-related ED visits in 2010, according to recent CDC data. The researchers estimated state-based costs for asthma-related ED visits among children aged younger than 18 years, … |
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