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Hormone drug could cure asthma and other fibrosis-related diseases
Medical Xpress Monash scientists tested the modified Relaxin hormone in animal models of heart failure and asthma. To their surprise they found that administering the new hormone intranasally to animals with chronic allergic airways disease (equivalent to asthma in … |
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Asthma: study may explain why some patients do not respond to treatment
Medical News Today Based on their results, the researchers suggest that blocking NPY activity in asthma patients could be a viable treatment option for the disease, offering hope to patients who fail to respond to current asthma medications. Panettieri notes that NPY … Scientists Say They Have Found 'Pathway' That Can Trigger Asthma |
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Researchers discover new pathway that may trigger asthma
Medical Xpress Asthma is an enormous public health problem that continues to grow larger, in part because scientists don't fully understand how it is caused. Existing therapies don't cure the disease and often don't even significantly alleviate the symptoms. Now … Scientists identify biological pathway that could explain why asthma therapies fail |
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Impacts of coexisting bronchial asthma on severe exacerbations in mild | COPD
Dove Medical Press Backround: Acute exacerbations are major drivers of COPD deterioration. However, limited data are available for the prevalence of severe exacerbations and impact of asthma on severe exacerbations, especially in patients with mild-to-moderate COPD. |
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Lower Air Pollution Levels Linked To Fewer Asthma Symptoms, Respiratory Problems In Children
Medical Daily The authors found a 47 percent reduction in ambient air pollution during that period was associated with a 32 percent decline in bronchitis symptoms among 10-year-olds with asthma. Children without asthma reaped benefits too: They were also 21 percent … |
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Helping asthma patients breathe easier
Medical Xpress The possibility of a future without asthma is what really inspires renowned allergist Harissios Vliagoftis. In his role as the newly appointed GSK-CIHR Chair in Airway Inflammation, Vliagoftis aims to help make this possibility a reality. Thanks to a … |
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Non-adherence to inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of asthma exacerbations in children
Dove Medical Press Background: Non-adherence to inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) is a major risk factor for poor asthma control in children. However, little is known about the effect of adherence to ICS on the incidence of asthma exacerbations. The objective of this study … |
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Bronchial thermoplasty improves asthma regardless of socioeconomic status
Medical Xpress Among people with asthma, lower socioeconomic status, education level, and ethnic minority status clearly have undesirable effects on their care and outcomes. Patients with severe disease who attend county (public) hospitals in the United States tend … |
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Women with unhealthy BMIs who smoke and drink at two-fold higher risk of asthma
Medical Xpress Asthma is a respiratory condition where spasms in the air pathways of the lungs cause difficulty breathing; usually triggered by an allergy or sensitivity in the environment. Asthma is a global health priority due to the extent and duration of … |
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Oily fish eaten during pregnancy may reduce risk of asthma in offspring
Medical Xpress However, at age two and half years, children whose mothers ate salmon while pregnant were less likely to have asthma. These latest results are one example of Professor Calder's ground-breaking research into specific relationships between nutrition and … |
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