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New skin test identifies allergy to penicillin
StandardNet Dr. Douglas Jones, an allergist at Rocky Mountain Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in Layton, said a skin test is now available to confirm whether people are actually allergic to the antibiotic. "Although most patients with a history of penicillin … Smoking While Pregnant May Decrease Response To ICS Years Later How to find relief from fall allergies and hay fever |
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Consortium identifies asthma gene in certain ethnicities
Pediatric SuperSite By pooling data from nine independent research groups looking for genes associated with asthma, the EVE Consortium has identified a novel gene association specific to populations of African descent. In addition, the study confirmed the significance of … Got Asthma? It Might be your DNA |
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La Jolla Institute identifies new therapeutic target for asthma, COPD and …
EurekAlert (press release) The finding marks Dr. Croft's second major discovery with therapeutic potential for asthma. His previous finding, of a novel molecular mechanism driving lung inflammation, is the basis for a potential asthma treatment now in Phase II human clinical … |
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Biomarker Panel Identifies Asthma, COPD
Medscape March 11, 2011 — A combination of 4 blood proteins may serve as biomarkers to help clinicians distinguish patients with asthma from those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Australian researchers report. These proteins have "the … New Technique May Help Diagnose Asthma, COPD Researchers link novel biomarkers to asthma and COPD |
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 Sunderland Echo |
CRF and Cipla's nationwide spirometry camp identifies 76% asthma & COPD cases
pharmabiz.com Only 24 per cent of these patients were aware that they have either asthma or COPD. 34 per cent people had obstruction of the small airways on spirometry … Health Matters: Lung health is essential to breath and life Free nationwide lung testing Uni helping city to breathe easy |
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EU study identifies genetic variants for asthma
Cordis News An EU-funded study has identified several genetic variants that substantially increase susceptibility to asthma and which scientists claim will help them … Largest genetic study of asthma points towards better treatments |
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