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IL-13 Blocker Helps Asthma Control
MedPage Today Explain that asthma patients with poorly controlled symptoms on inhaled steroids had significant improvement in lung function during 12 weeks of treatment with an investigational interleukin-13 (IL-13) … Experimental Drug Promising Against Tough-to-Treat Asthma Roche asthma drug shows promise in mid-stage trial Roche's Lebrikizumab Improved Lung Function in Asthma Study |
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Gene Variant Has Large Effect on Blacks' Asthma Risk
MedPage Today Explain that variations in a gene called PYHIN1 may account for a surprisingly large proportion of asthma risk in people of African descent. Note that in contrast, the gene variant is virtually never seen in … |
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Extreme Preemies May Still Grow Up to Be Fat
MedPage Today An opposite trend was observed with current asthma, as the rate among normal-birth-weight children increased from ages 8 to 14, settling at 17%, which was not significantly different from the stable rate of 23% in children born with an extremely low … Stable Rate of Chronic Conditions for Children Born at <1 kg Tiny babies still have problems as teens Chronic Health Problems In Low-Birth-Weight Children Doesn't Extend to Adolescence |
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Placebo Effect Powerful in Asthma
MedPage Today Asthma inhalers have a real impact on airways, but the symptom relief isn't any greater than that achieved with placebos, researchers found. Stable asthma patients reported the same degree of symptom … Placebo relieves asthma symptoms as well as medication Asthma Test Patients Report Improvement Where Doctors See None Placebo and Active Treatment in Asthma Subjectively Similar |
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Flu Poses Extra Risk for Asthmatic Kids
MedPage Today Explain that children with asthma were more likely to have pneumonia and to require intensive care when hospitalized for influenza, especially during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic flu season. … |
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Inflammation May Not Be Sole Culprit in Asthma
MedPage Today Recognize that many investigators believe that airway remodeling contributes to the decline in lung function and the development of airway obstruction in patients with chronic, persistent asthma. … Remodeling Asthma Patients' Airways Good News for Asthma Patients Research revelation could shape future long-term treatment of asthma |
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Needless Antibiotics Often Doled Out to Asthmatic Kids
MedPage Today Point out that one of the two studies reported here found that in the US, antibiotics were prescribed without documentation of a need in 16% of outpatient visits for children with asthma. … |
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ATS: 1 in 3 Kids With Asthma Don't Get a Flu Shot
MedPage Today DENVER — Nearly a third of parents whose children have asthma are not getting them vaccinated against the flu, a researcher said here. And a key reason for the decision is fear of the … Parent's Fears Deprive Some Asthmatics of Flu Shot: Study ATS: Many Parents of Children With Asthma Avoid Flu Vaccine Parental Fears Keep Some Asthmatic Children from Flu Vaccination |
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ATS: Enzyme Linked to Asthma Risk
MedPage Today Explain that an enzyme involved in atherosclerosis, called (platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase or PAF-AH, may play a protective role in asthma, at least in women. DENVER — An enzyme involved in atherosclerosis may play a protective role in … Massive study offers more evidence that environment causes asthma Environmental exposures cause asthma |
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ATS: What's Bitter to Taste Might Ease Tight Airways
MedPage Today DENVER — What's bitter on the tongue may be sweet relief to people suffering from asthma and COPD, a researcher said here. A wide-ranging analysis of genes expressed in lung tissue has … Researchers a step closer to find new class of asthma, COPD drugs Researchers move closer to identifying new class of asthma, COPD drugs Bitter May Be Better When It Comes to Bronchodilation |
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