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American Lung Association in Nebraska: Kids With Asthma Can Attend Asthma Camp for Free
Marketwired (press release) OMAHA, NE–(Marketwired – May 31, 2016) – Both parents and kids with asthma can breathe easy this summer thanks to the American Lung Association's Camp Superkids, a weeklong summer camp exclusively for youth ages 7-17 that teaches them how to … |
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Lung Disease News |
Severe Asthma Reduced in Phase 3 Benralizumab Tests
Lung Disease News AstraZeneca recently announced that the new severe asthma medicine benralizumab met the primary endpoints in two Phase 3 registration trials. Findings of the trials called SIROCCO and CALIMA, revealed that the monoclonal antibody compound was well … |
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Novel gene therapy shows potential for lung repair in asthma
Science Daily In asthma, airways become inflamed, resulting in narrowing of these airways and debilitating symptoms that include coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and chest tightness. Asthma and other respiratory diseases also cause changes in the large and … |
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Western Daily Press |
New therapy could reduce asthma sufferers' lung inflammation
Western Daily Press Dr Adriana Lopes da Silva, of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, said: "We found a single dose of highly compacted DNA nanoparticle thymulin gene therapy effectively reduces the inflammatory and remodeling process in asthmatic lungs. |
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EurekAlert (press release) |
Novel gene therapy shows potential for lung repair in asthma American Thoracic Society
EurekAlert (press release) ATS 2016, SAN FRANCISCO — A new study has demonstrated a way to deliver a nanoparticle-based gene therapy, in order to repair lungs damaged by chronic allergic asthma and to reduce inflammation that causes asthma attacks. The potential therapy … |
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Economic Times |
Beware! Persistent childhood asthma can trigger lung disease
Economic Times Beware! Persistent childhood asthma can trigger lung disease. IANS|. 12 May, 2016, 06.24PM IST. Asthmatic attacks such as coughing, wheezing or shortness of breath are likely to fall prey to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. NEW YORK: Children who … |
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Express.co.uk |
Coughing or short of breath? KILLER lung disease could be mistaken for ASTHMA
Express.co.uk Experts suggest this could be because COPD is easily mistaken for asthma as both conditions display similar symptoms such as coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. However, medics argue what is going on within the body is quite different. |
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Healthline |
Asthma Caused by Dust Mites May Damage Lung Cells
Healthline This ability, say researchers, may influence the severity of an asthma attack. “In addition to activation of immune responses, patients' DNA repair capacity may affect disease progression,” said Engelward. The results of the study were published May 1 … |
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RiverBender.com |
Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois unveils new Asthma Awareness Patch Program at American Lung Association event
RiverBender.com GLEN CARBON – Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois (GSSI) introduced a new Asthma Awareness patch on Saturday, May 7 at Glazebrook Park in Godfrey in conjunction with the 16th Annual American Lung Association Asthma Awareness and Education Walk. |
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Reslizumab improves asthma control, symptoms, lung function
Healio “Intravenous reslizumab [Cinqair, Teva Respiratory] 3.0 mg/kg provided improvements in lung function, asthma symptoms, and quality of life for patients with inadequately controlled asthma and elevated blood eosinophils (? 400 cells/µL) that were … |
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