Breathe Well Live Well
|
Trial asthma drug targets lung inflammation
HealthCanal.com University of Adelaide researchers at the Royal Adelaide Hospital are involved in the world's biggest study of its kind investigating a possible new treatment for asthma. Clinical trials are underway looking at an antibiotic treatment which is hoped to … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
 KERO-TV 23 |
The Bakersfield walk for air supports those suffering from asthma, lung cancer …
KERO-TV 23 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The American Lung Association in California's fight for air walk was held today Saturday April 13 at Yuktus park. The walk was held to raise funds in support of the fight for healthy lungs and clean air. The walk supports those … MAKING APARTMENTS AND CONDOS SMOKE-FREE |
View full post on asthma – Google News
|
American Lung Association hosts World Asthma Day in W.Va. May 7
Exponent-telegram More than 190,000 West Virginians – adults and children – have ever been diagnosed with asthma. The chronic lung disease, which makes it difficult to breathe, is controllable but often times results in frequent emergency room visits and hospitalization … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
|
Allergies, Asthma and Lung Health Event at St. Catherine of Siena
Patch.com St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown will hold a free program to educate, raise awareness and explain risk factors on allergies, asthma and lung health. A panel of experts will address common triggers, treatment and allergy symptoms as … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
|
Allergies, Asthma and Lung Health Event
Patch.com St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center will hold a free program to educate, raise awareness and explain risk factors on allergies, asthma and lung health. A panel of experts will address common triggers, treatment and allergy symptoms as well as risk … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
|
READER SUBMITTED: American Lung Association Hosts 5k To Benefit Asthma …
Hartford Courant Norlean Litwinka was just arriving home from Michael's parent-teacher conferences when Michael suffered his final asthma attack. She gave Michael CPR, which was continued by the police officer who arrived on the scene. As soon as the Emergency … |
View full post on asthma – Google News
|
Asthma sufferers have more lung fungi
Futurity: Research News Having established the presence of fungi in the lungs of patients with asthma, researchers now hope this could lead to new lines of research and eventually, better treatments for sufferers. "In the future it is conceivable that individual patients may … Discovery could help future asthma sufferers |
View full post on asthma – Google News
Diffusion lung capacity of carbon monoxide: A novel marker of airways remodeling in asthmatic children?
Allergy Rhinol (Providence). 2012;3(2):e66-73
Authors: Piacentini GL, Tezza G, Cattazzo E, Kantar A, Ragazzo V, Boner AL, Peroni DG
Abstract
Asthma is universally considered a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways. Several noninvasive markers, such as exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and exhaled breath temperature (PletM), have been proposed to evaluate the degree of airway inflammation and remodeling in asthmatic children. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between diffusion lung capacity of carbon monoxide (DLCO) and these inflammatory markers in asthmatic children. We compared data of FeNO, PletM, and DLCO collected in 35 asthmatic children at admission (T0) and discharge (T1) after a period spent in a dust-mite-free environment (Misurina, Italian Dolomites, 1756 m). PletM showed a reduction from 29.48°C at T0 to 29.13°C at T1 (p = 0.17); DLCO passed from 93 to 102 (p = 0.085). FeNO mean value was 29.7 ppb at admission and 18.9 ppb at discharge (p = 0.014). Eosinophil mean count in induced sputum was 4 at T0 and 2 at T1 (p = 0.004). Spearman standardization coefficient beta was 0.414 between eosinophils and FeNO and -0.278 between eosinophils and DLCO. Pearson’s correlation index between DLCO and PletM was -0.456 (p = 0.019). A negative correlation between DLCO and PletM was found. However, DLCO did not show a significant correlation with FeNO and eosinophils in the airways. Additional studies are needed to clarify the role of DLCO as a potential tool in monitoring childhood asthma.
PMID: 23342292 [PubMed – in process]
View full post on pubmed: asthma
|
Asthma Linked to Increased Risk of Dangerous Lung Blockage
iVillage Entertainment WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) — People with asthma are at increased risk for the dangerous, sometimes deadly lung condition called pulmonary embolism, according to new research. A pulmonary embolism refers to blockage of a lung artery. People With Asthma at Higher Risk for Pulmonary Embolism – Asthma Center … Asthma increases blood clot risk Asthmatics at increased risk of pulmonary embolism |
View full post on asthma – Google News
|
Asthma Linked to Increased Risk of Dangerous Lung Blockage – Health News …
Health.com WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) — People with asthma are at increased risk for the dangerous, sometimes deadly lung condition called pulmonary embolism, according to new research. A pulmonary embolism refers to blockage of a lung artery. People With Asthma at Higher Risk for Pulmonary Embolism – Asthma Center … Asthmatics at increased risk of pulmonary embolism |
View full post on asthma – Google News