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Humana joins data-driven respiratory program to help asthma-riddled Louisville
The Lane Report Humana is the latest local employer to join AIR Louisville, a new approach to improving asthma that leverages sensors, big data, and community collaboration. AIR Louisville is a grant-funded program designed to reduce the burden of asthma in Louisville … Humana joins community designed to reduce asthma burden |
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University Of Arizona Research Shows Protein Could Help Treat Asthma
KJZZ The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say as of 2012 more than 25 million Americans had asthma. More than 3,600 people died from it that year. Researchers at the University of Arizona are looking to genetics as a possible new treatment. |
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Having an asthma attack? A cup of black coffee will help
TheHealthSite The national burden of asthma cases in India is estimated to be as high as 17.23 million patients, says a recent study conducted by the Epidemiology of Asthma, Respiratory Symptoms and Chronic Bronchitis (INSEARCH) in 2015 [1]. Asthma can cause … |
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Airway-on-a-chip may help advance COPD, asthma research
UPI.com The researchers reported they can observe disease- and cell type-specific changes in the samples, and simulate viral and bacterial infections as well. In simulating conditions such as COPD and asthma, researchers also demonstrated the ability to … Small airway-on-a-chip enables analysis of human COPD and asthma COPD, asthma now can be studied outside the body Small airway-on-a-chip improves study of human COPD and asthma |
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Emergency department staff may help identify, recruit at-risk patients for …
Healio Black patients with asthma may be more likely to participate in online asthma prevention activities if they are approached in the emergency department during an acute asthma event than by telephone are mail, according to results from a recent pilot study. |
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UCLA, USC partner on mHealth projects to help young asthma patients
FierceMobileHealthcare (press release) Scientists from University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Southern California are embarking on a $6 million research effort to use smartphones and smartwatches to help young asthma sufferers improve thier health, according to an … App for Kids to ID Asthma Attack Triggers |
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$6M to help kids cope with asthma
Healthcare IT News Researchers at UCLA and USC will employ a $6 million award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to develop technology to help children with asthma. The four-year grant is part of a national $144 million initiative called … Using Smart Devices and Wearables to Tackle Childhood Asthma |
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$6 million grant will help UCLA–USC team develop kid-friendly technology to …
UC Los Angeles “Asthma is the most common chronic condition in children, and it weighs heavily on the nation in terms of public health, medical costs and quality of life,” said Alex Bui, a professor of radiological sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at … |
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Can Vitamin D Supplementation Help Cut Colds in Asthma?
Monthly Prescribing Reference (registration) (HealthDay News) — Vitamin D supplementation does not reduce cold severity or frequency among adults with mild-to-moderate asthma, according to a study published online Nov. 5 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. |
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A simple intervention to help manage asthma patients
The Pharmaceutical Journal In asthma, prevention is vital to successful management of the condition. Preventer inhalers should be the mainstay of treatment and relievers should only be used if the patient is suffering symptoms. To health professionals this simple point is the … |
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