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Clean Air is Best Medicine for Asthma
KTVA CBS 11 News Alaska Dr. Melinda Rathkopf is Alaska's leading expert on asthma. “What we have here is a model of a normal airway,” she said. “So you see it's nice and open, thin-walled. You can see how air can move nicely through that. If we go to the extreme, you can see … Citizen Army Lobbies Congress for Clean Air |
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Mission Pharmacal revamps pediatric asthma medicine
San Antonio Business Journal The drug manufacturer has created a new liquid oral solution with a grape taste for pediatric patients. Company officials say for years, physicians have prescribed Prednisolone in a 15 mg/5 mL dosage as a rescue medicine to treat severe asthma attacks. Grape-Flavored Prednisolone Oral Solution 25mg/5mL Launched |
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Expert says smokers less responsive to asthma medicine
Pakistan Daily Times Expert says smokers less responsive to asthma medicine. ISLAMABAD: The doctors must make asthma patients quit smoking first, as smokers are less responsive to the medicines used in the disease. British expert on asthmatic and pulmonary diseases, Prof … |
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Childhood asthma study points to personalised medicine
PHG Foundation An inexpensive genetic test could identify which childhood asthma sufferers are unlikely to benefit from a common treatment and would experience better outcomes using an alternative, new research suggests. The study published in Clinical Science looked … Simple spit test `may help improve asthma care` How Effective Are Customized Asthma Drugs For Children? Genetic tests could pave way to 'personalised' asthma drugs |
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Personalised Medicine and Asthma Diagnostics/Management.
Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2012 Dec 5;
Authors: Wadsworth SJ, Sandford AJ
Abstract
Human beings come in all shapes and sizes. Heterogeneity makes life interesting, but leads to inter-individual variation in disease susceptibility and response to therapy. One major health challenge is to develop “personalised medicine”; therapeutic interventions tailored to an individual to ensure optimal treatment of disease. Asthma is a heterogeneous disease with several different phenotypes triggered by multiple gene-environment interactions. Inhaled corticosteroids and ?2-agonists have been the mainstay asthma therapies for 30 years, but they are not effective in all patients, while high costs and side-effects also drive the need for better targeted treatment of asthma. Pharmacogenetics is the study of variations in the genetic code for proteins in signaling pathways targeted by pharmacological therapies. Biomarkers are biological markers obtained from patients that can aid in asthma diagnosis, prediction of treatment response, and monitoring of disease control. This review presents a broad discussion of the use of genetic profiling and biomarkers to better diagnose, monitor, and tailor the treatment of asthmatics. We also discuss possible future developments in personalised medicine, including the construction of artificially engineered airway tissues containing a patient’s own cells for use as personalised drug-testing tools.
PMID: 23212666 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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Cops: Suicidal teen in need of asthma medicine missing
Chicago Tribune A teen who is described as depressed, suicidal and in need of his medication for Asthma was reported missing, Chicago Police said. Jeremy Figueroa who turned 19 on Oct. 25, last made contact with his family on Oct. 26 and was last seen near the 3700 … |
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College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
courierjournal As the merciless Texas heat finally begins to subside and temperatures start to lower, many of those that suffer from asthma or otherrespiratory problems will begin their yearly ritual of carrying inhalers and scarfs with them to help their lungs … |
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Program aims to streamline care for asthma patients
Medicine Hat News A new program called Care Pathway, recently unveiled at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, means to ensure young Hatters suffering from asthma will receive the same treatment as those in larger centres. Staff say they have already begun to notice their … |
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Limiting medicine may not exacerbate asthma
San Francisco Chronicle People with mild but persistent asthma may manage just as well by turning to their inhalers only when they have symptoms as those who use a low-dose inhaled steroid every day, according to a study by UCSF researchers. The results challenge national and … |
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Consult doctor on pros and cons of asthma medicine
Charlotte Observer When considering the relevance of this study, it is important to keep in mind that budesonide is a preventive medication intended for children whose asthma is poorly controlled on rescue medication alone. Use of inhaled steroids such as budesonide in … |
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