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High-fiber diet during pregnancy may protect offspring against asthma
Medical News Today Led by Dr. Alison Thorburn, of the Department of Immunology at Monash University in Australia, the study suggests a high-fiber diet alters a mother's gut bacteria during pregnancy, producing anti-inflammatory substances that suppress asthma-related … |
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Study guides efforts to find new strategies, solutions to fight pediatric asthma
Medical Xpress Low flu vaccination rates, medication compliance and limited access to primary care providers have contributed to the high pediatric asthma rates in California, say UC Davis pediatricians Ulfat Shaikh and Robert Byrd, who have published an extensive … New Strategies to Fight Pediatric Asthma UC Davis Study Guides Efforts to Find New Strategies, Solutions to Fight … |
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Targeting nerve endings to curb allergic asthma
Medical Xpress Current asthma medications, which work by suppressing inflammatory signaling by immune cells or by dilating the airways, can stop working over time. A study from Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School … |
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Study: Cannabidiol as an Effective Asthma Treatment
Medical Jane Atopic diseases, or those that cause an individual to experience immediate allergic reactions (asthma being one of the more common), affect about 20 percent of the population in developed countries. Researchers looking for a way to combat the longtime … |
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Professional Medical Center launches initiative for residents with asthma
Michronicleonline Launched earlier this year, the Professional Medical Center Asthma Project invites any resident living in Oakland or Wayne County suffering from asthma or allergy symptoms to take the ImmunoCAP test. The test can be administered at any one of … |
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Professional Medical Center Launches New Initiative to Help Diagnose Adults …
Michronicleonline Launched earlier this year, the Professional Medical Center Asthma Project invites any resident living in Oakland or Wayne County suffering from asthma or allergy symptoms to take the ImmunoCAP test. The test can be administered at any one of … |
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Medical Xpress |
Asthma drug against dengue to be tested in clinical trial
Medical Xpress A drug that has been used for over 30 years as an asthma and allergy medicine is now being tested to treat symptoms of dengue fever. The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) are running … |
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Older asthma patients at increased risk for treatment failure
Medical Xpress "Asthma morbidity and mortality are known to be increased in middle-aged and older patients, and gender may also affect the incidence and course of the disease, but the impact of age and gender on asthma treatment response is not well understood," said … |
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Dusty secrets could help asthma sufferers
Medical Xpress While asthma is known to have a genetic component, the recent dramatic increase in its prevalence across westernized countries cannot be due to this factor alone, suggesting that environment plays a major role. Asthma, the most prevalent childhood … |
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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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