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Omalizumab effectively treated adults with severe refractory asthma
Healio Omalizumab was effective in treating adults with severe refractory asthma for up to 48 weeks, possibly exerting anti-inflammatory effects on small airways and reversing airway remodeling, according to recent study results. Researchers in Japan … |
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Classroom fungal spores associated with asthma in Taiwanese students
Healio Childhood asthma and reduced symptoms on weekends had a significant association with fungal spores in Taiwanese classrooms, according to study results. Researchers surveyed 6,346 students aged 6 to 15 years (52.3% girls) from 44 schools and their … |
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Childhood asthma incidence rises with diagnoses occurring earlier
Healio There was a significant increase in overall asthma incidence and a decrease in age at diagnosis in children aged younger than 8 years, according to data from a Canadian study. Researchers examined the universal health insurance administrative data of … |
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Antibiotic use in first year of life associated with asthma by age 3
Healio There was a significant relationship between antibiotic use in the first year of life and the development of asthma and wheeze in children by age 3 years, which was possibly due to confounding respiratory infection, according to recent study results. |
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Plasma connective tissue growth factor effective as asthma biomarker
Healio Plasma connective tissue growth factor levels were elevated in patients with stable asthma, according to recent study results. Researchers in Japan used the subtraction method to measure plasma connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) of 67 patients with … |
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Asthma control in US patients considered poor during 2008-2010
Healio Asthma control in the United States was suboptimal from 2008 through 2010, with patients overusing quick-relief inhalers and underusing long-term control medications, according to study results. Researchers studied the national prevalence of self … |
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Cigarette smoking increased risk for severity in new-onset adult asthma
Healio Patients with new-onset adult asthma and a history of smoking had an increased risk for asthma severity within 2 years of diagnosis, according to recent study results. Researchers in Amsterdam studied 200 adults with new-onset asthma. A comprehensive … |
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Asthma patients showed greater bronchial mucosal inflammatory response to …
Healio Rhinovirus infection induced more severe bronchial mucosal neutrophil monocyte and macrophage infiltration in patients with asthma compared with patients without asthma, according to study results. Researchers studied 10 patients with atopic asthma … |
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Grandmaternal smoking patterns could affect asthma in grandchildren
Healio Some evidence exists that connects asthma to children, particularly girls, when their fathers had prenatal exposure to smoke and the children's mothers were nonsmokers, according to study results. Researchers compared the offspring of women and men … |
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Five developments in childhood asthma
Healio “Children with asthma have much higher rates of prevalence for each type of allergy, and are increasingly likely to have all three types compared to children without asthma,” Kenneth C. Schoendorf, MD, and Lara J. Akinbami, MD, of the National Center … |
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