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Table 2. Effect of bariatric surgery on lung function
Medscape Background The pathogenesis of asthma in obese subjects is poorly understood and has been described as a specific phenotype in these patients. Weight loss improves asthma control and lung function. Whether this improvement is the result of better … |
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Researchers Reveal that Blood Lipid Levels in Children Correlate with Asthma …
Lung Disease News Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory lung disease characterized by airflow obstruction that causes wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and coughing. The respiratory disorder is thought to be caused by a combination of both genetic and … |
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Study Tests Effectiveness of Omalizumab in Treating Perennial Severe Allergic …
Lung Disease News Asthma is a common chronic condition of the airways that is complex and characterized by variable and regular symptoms, airflow obstruction, bronchial hyper responsiveness and inflammation. Asthma may be classified clinically on the basis of various … |
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Evidence of Efficacy of Acupuncture in Children with Asthma Still Missing in …
Lung Disease News Asthma is a frequent inflammatory disease affecting both children and adults, characterized by airway hyper-responsiveness, obstruction, mucus overproduction and remodeling of the airway wall. Globally, this condition affects on average more than 300 … |
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Scientists Discover Stress-Fighting Pathway Could Help Develop New Asthma …
Lung Disease News In a recent study published in Nature Immunology, scientists from the Weill Cornell Medical College were able to identify the molecular steps that enable immune cells implicated in certain forms of asthma and allergy to develop and survive in the body. |
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Teva's DuoResp Spiromax For Asthma, COPD Wins Medical Design Award
Lung Disease News We are incredibly proud to be leading the way in providing people with asthma and COPD with inhalers that recognize and support their needs and long term health, and are delighted with this prestigious acknowledgment for DuoResp Spiromax,” noted Rob … |
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Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Asthma; Overlap Syndrome
Interventions: Drug: LABA + LAMA; Drug: ICS; Drug: LABA + LAMA + ICS; Drug: LABA + ICS; Drug: other
Sponsor: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Not yet recruiting – verified June 2015
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VNN1 Gene Could Serve As a Biomarker for Response to Corticosteroids in …
Lung Disease News According to study investigator Gurjit Khurana Hershey, MD, PhD, director of Asthma Research at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, “Genome-wide analysis allowed us to identify a gene, whose expression discriminated between good and poor … |
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Novel Asthma App Helps Patients Control Disease Symptoms
Lung Disease News The expression “There's an app for that” continues to prove time and again how substantial an impact mobile technology can have on our daily lives — including those who suffer from diseases such as asthma. A recent article published in the Annals of … |
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Allergy & Asthma Network Releases Summer Travel Tips
Lung Disease News Weather, the seasons and the environment are major factors that influence the development of conditions like asthma and allergies. In order to reduce the burden of these conditions and promote safer, more enjoyable holidays during summertime, the … |
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