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Modeling COPD and asthma in a human small airway-on-a-chip
Medical Xpress COPD and asthma are inflammatory reactions in the lung which can be dramatically exacerbated by viral and bacterial infections, as well as smoking. It is known that many of the associated disease processes occur in the conducting airway sections of the … |
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Vitamin D won't guard against colds in people with asthma
Medical Xpress The findings surprised the researchers because they had previously shown that asthma flare-ups fell 40 percent in patients who took vitamin D supplements to increase low levels of the vitamin. Colds often cause asthma flare-ups, and the study authors … |
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Looking on the brighter side of childhood asthma
Medical Xpress The effect of a widespread genetic variant that increases the risk for childhood asthma can be neutralized. A new study shows that young infants are particularly responsive to the positive influence of exposure to farm dust. |
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Early childhood bronchiolitis increases asthma risk in adulthood
Medical Xpress Persons who have had bronchiolitis in early childhood have an increased risk of asthma at the age of 28-31 and a weaker health-related quality of life than their peers. In lung function tests, they also demonstrate changes indicative of irreversible … |
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Substantial increase in costs for uncontrolled asthma
Medical Xpress The researchers found that asthma was symptomatically controlled, partially controlled, and uncontrolled in 29.4, 39.8, and 30.8 percent of visits, respectively. The average costs for asthma were $134.50 for three months, with 20.5, 47.8, and 31.5 … |
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Kids with asthma can avoid the ER by avoiding the ER
Medical Xpress Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children, and one of the most difficult to manage, which is one of the reasons there are so many emergency department visits for asthma sufferers in the US. A new study has determined that the probability of … Biologics for asthma: Attacking the source of the disease, not the symptoms Breastfeeding may not prevent allergies Breastfeeding vs. Formula: Impact on Allergies? |
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Asthma drug found to rejuvenate older rat brains
Medical Xpress (Medical Xpress)—A European team of researchers working in Austria has found that a drug commonly prescribed to treat asthma can lead to rejuvenation in an older rat brain. In their paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the group … Asthma drug could rejuvenate ageing brains, study suggests Allergy and Asthma drug Singulair rejuvenates neurons and learning in older … Asthma drug Singulair may be a cure for Alzheimer's, claims study |
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Study compares combination treatments for black adults with asthma
Medical Xpress Among black adults with asthma treated with an inhaled corticosteroid, adding a long-acting beta-agonist did not improve the time to an asthma exacerbation compared with adding the anticholinergic tiotropium, according to a study in the October 27 … |
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Stepping down asthma medication is safe with guidance
Medical News Today To address this gap in information, lead author Dr. Matthew Rank, an allergy and immunology specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, and colleagues compared outcomes of a group of patients who stepped down their asthma medication against an … |
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Taking less asthma medicine can be done safely with guidance Mayo Clinic study …
Medical Xpress Stepping down asthma medicines can be done safely and at less cost for patients says a new Mayo Clinic study published this week in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. It is common for patients and doctors to test out if taking less daily … |
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