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Medical Matters: Asthma patients' experiences should inform care
Irish Times While it's clearly my fault for never having asked a patient with asthma about stigma, I'm grateful to the Asthma Society of Ireland for bringing it to my attention. Its Living with Asthma study, published last week, highlights the resilience and … |
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Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living
Medical Xpress Her mother, Tyishia Walker, who suffers from asthma and has an older daughter with the disease, knew exactly what was wrong: Faith also had the chronic lung condition. "I'm sure it's from living in the city," said Tyishia Walker." We have more rats … |
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Medical Daily |
Teen Girls In Rural Areas Are More Likely To Have Asthma And Depression
Medical Daily The study was based off data that had been gathered during a three-year trial of an asthma program targeting teenagers. The results showed that while the prevalence of both diagnosed and undiagnosed asthma was the same in both rural and city areas, … Teen girls from rural areas have undiagnosed asthma, face higher risk of … Undiagnosed asthma higher among rural girls Undiagnosed asthma higher among rural girls Study |
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Teen girls from rural areas more likely to have undiagnosed asthma, be depressed
Medical Xpress Teen girls who live in rural areas are more likely than their male counterparts to have undiagnosed asthma, and they often are at a higher risk of depression, according to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University. Public Release: 24-Feb-2015 Teen girls from rural areas more likely to have … |
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Investigational drug can reduce asthma flareups
Medical Xpress An investigational drug appears to cut the risk of severe asthma attacks in half for patients who have difficulty controlling the disorder with standard medications, according to results from two multicenter clinical trials. Most Popular Stories |
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Protein linked to development of asthma
Medical Xpress Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) have linked a specific protein to the development of post-viral infection asthma, which is the first step in generating a novel type of asthma therapy designed to prevent development of post-viral … |
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Medical News Today |
New genes discovered associated with asthma and allergies
Medical News Today White blood cells from a total of 355 participants with asthma were analyzed. The researchers assessed whether levels of methylation – a process in which genes are rendered inactive through the attachment of methyl molecules to their DNA – were … Epigenetic Study Finds Genes Involved in Allergies, Asthma Asthma scientists discover 34 genes that make people more likely to suffer … Study Highlights Drug Targets for Allergies, Asthma |
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Medical Xpress |
Severe asthma: Gallopamil confirmed as a therapeutic approach
Medical Xpress A team of Inserm researchers from the Cardio-Thoracic Research Centre of Bordeaux (Inserm/University of Bordeaux and Bordeaux University Hospital) has demonstrated the clinical efficacy of gallopamil in 31 patients with severe asthma. This chronic … |
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Researchers offer new target for treating asthma
Medical Xpress About 10 million Americans and more than 300 million people worldwide have asthma. The most common therapies now used with asthma patients address airway muscle contractions triggered by inflammation, but those treatment results are often temporary … Public Release: 18-Feb-2015 CU School Of Medicine researchers offer new … |
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Study holds hope for reversing childhood asthma associated with maternal …
Medical Xpress The study, published online by the American Journal of Physiology – Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, reported that a medication that stimulates certain proteins in the body reversed airway damage in disease models of asthma caused by prenatal … |
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