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Asthma Patients Often Depressed
MedPage Today In a population of generally well educated, middle to upper socioeconomic strata, non-Hispanic whites with predominantly mild objective asthma characteristics, a personal history of asthma was associated with currently experiencing depressive symptoms. |
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Food Allergies, Managing HAE Top ACAAI Agenda
MedPage Today One step in that direction is the release of an international consensus report on hereditary angioedema (HAE) and similar acquired conditions, developed by the ACAAI and several other organizations including the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and … Physicians can Stage an "Allergy Intervention" to Discuss Relief of Symptoms … Report Aims to Prevent Medical Misdiagnoses and Under Treatment |
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Inner-City Kids Get Different Kinds of Colds
MedPage Today During the first year of life, inner-city babies have different patterns of respiratory infections than infants living in suburban environments, which may be a reason they're more likely to develop asthma, analysis of prospective data showed. For … |
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Device Stops Asthmatic Kids' Inhaler Woes
MedPage Today Many of these medications can be used with a nebulizer for asthma sufferers who are too sick or young to use an inhaler effectively. But some children show resistance to these administration methods, as detailed in Cota's blog. She's working with a … |
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Three Approaches Equal for Asthma Med Adjustment
MedPage Today When it comes to adjusting the dose of inhaled corticosteroids for better asthma control, periodic physician assessment was as good a gauge as using a biomarker or day-to-day symptom occurrence, researchers found. In a randomized, controlled trial … |
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COPD Drug Offers Some Benefit in Asthma
MedPage Today A drug widely used in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is also effective in patients with asthma that is poorly controlled despite standard combination therapy, researchers reported. In two identical randomized placebo-controlled trials … |
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Kids' Asthma Med Trims a Bit from Adult Height
MedPage Today Explain that a longitudinal study found a slight decrease in adult height for children who received inhaled corticosteroids for asthma, especially if they started the medication before age 8. Note that 90% of patients were able to be followed into … |
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Asthma Worsens with Step-Off Therapy
MedPage Today Discontinuation of long-acting beta-agonist therapy in patients whose asthma is well controlled is associated with a worsening of symptom control and quality of life, a systematic review suggested. Withdrawing a long-acting beta-agonist resulted in a 0 … Stopping Controversial Asthma Drugs Could Have Downside: Study Study Questions Recommendation to Discontinue LABA Therapy in Asthma … |
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Monoclonal Antibody Works in Severe Asthma
MedPage Today Note that a multicenter, randomized placebo-controlled trial found that mepolizumab, a monoclonal antibody against interleukin-5, decreased asthma exacerbations, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits for patients with severe asthma and … Clinical study: New asthma drug cuts attack frequency in half GSK severe asthma drug progresses to Phase III GSK asthma drug cuts symptoms 52%; ready for PhIII |
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FDA Greenlights Asthma Drug Generics
MedPage Today SILVER SPRING, Md. — Generic forms of the popular asthma drug montelukast sodium (Singulair) produced by 10 manufacturers have won FDA approval, the agency announced. Montelukast is a leukotriene receptor antagonist and, unlike other most other … FDA approves generic versions of Singulair FDA approves first generic versions of Singulair to treat asthma, allergies First Generic Versions of Singulair Approved |
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