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Exercise Improves Asthma Control, Study Suggests
Medscape MONTREAL — In relatively unfit adults, 12 weeks of aerobic exercise significantly improved asthma control, according to preliminary results from the randomized Impact of Aerobic Exercise on Asthma Morbidity (Ex-Asthma) study. This finding suggests … |
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Asthma App Improves Patient Health, Eases Doc Jobs
Health Data Management A mobile phone app for asthma patients appears to help them improve their health, according to preliminary results of a study evaluating use of the app. Other dividends of the app include making it easier for clinicians glean useful data, and the study … |
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Structured aerobic exercise improves asthma control, decreases SABA use
Healio “Adding regular aerobic exercise to a regular treatment regimen is safe and beneficial for adult patients with asthma and can lead to better control of asthma symptoms,” Simon L. Bacon, PhD, a professor and graduate program director of exercise science … |
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Educational intervention improves clinical outcomes for patients with asthma
Healio Vicente Plaza, MD, PhD, of the department of respiratory medicine at Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, in Barcelona, Spain, and colleagues evaluated 230 patients with mild to moderate uncontrolled asthma. Researchers randomly assigned some … |
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Inhaler satisfaction improves clinical outcomes for patients with chronic asthma
Healio Patients with allergic rhinitis and those with smoking history appeared associated with less optimal asthma control, results showed. David Price, MD, of the division of applied health sciences at University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom, and … |
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Olodaterol improves FEV1 in patients with asthma
Healio Olodaterol also appeared to improve asthma-related symptoms as measured by a reduction in asthma control questionnaire scores. Paul M. O'Byrne, MB, FRCPI, chair of the department of medicine at McMaster University Medical Center in Canada, and … |
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Olodaterol improves lung function in patients with asthma
Healio “The results of this study add support to the growing evidence base that olodaterol delivered by Respimat (Boehringer Ingelheim) [once-daily] provides effective 24-hour bronchodilation in both COPD and asthma,” Kai-Michael Beeh, MD, founder of Insaf … |
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Aerobic exercise seems to curb asthma severity and improves quality of life
Medical Xpress Children with asthma use inhalers to relieve some of their symptoms, which include coughing, wheezing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. Credit: Tradimus, Wikimedia commons. Aerobic exercise seems to curb the severity of asthma symptoms and … |
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Weight loss improves asthma severity in obese patients
Healio “This study demonstrated that a behavioral weight-reduction program was associated with significant improvements in PC20, (forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1]), (forced vital capacity [FVC]), asthma control, and quality of life in obese people … |
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New Phase III Data in Asthma Patients Show Tiotropium Improves Lung Function …
PR Newswire (press release) HOUSTON, Feb. 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Boehringer Ingelheim today presented data on investigational tiotropium delivered via Respimat® inhaler from five Phase III trials from the UniTinA-asthma® program at the 2015 American Academy of Allergy, … |
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