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Stress and Quality of Life in Urban Caregivers of Children With Poorly …
Medscape Method: Caregivers (n = 300) reported on demographics, child asthma characteristics, daily asthma caregiving stress, general life stress, social support, and QOL. Latent growth curve modeling examined changes in QOL across 12 months as a function of … |
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Asthma Characteristics and Biomarkers From the Airways Disease Endotyping for …
Medscape Methods: Patients with a range of asthma severity and healthy non-atopic controls were enrolled. The asthmatic subjects were followed for 12 months. Assessments included history, patient questionnaires, spirometry, airway hyper-responsiveness to … |
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FDA Panel Backs Reslizumab for Adults With Severe Asthma
Medscape If approved by the FDA, it would be the third monoclonal antibody approved for asthma, after mepolizumab and omalizumab. Reslizumab binds to human interleukin-5 (IL-5). Several cytokines can affect eosinophils, but IL-5 is the main cytokine involved in … FDA experts endorse Teva's asthma drug, but reject use in key patient group FDA advisory panel recommends Teva asthma antibody FDA advisers recommend approval of Teva asthma drug in adults |
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Can Weight Loss Improve Asthma?
Medscape A recent study was conducted by Pakhale and colleagues to determine whether weight reduction by dieting could ameliorate airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), a characteristic and quantifiable feature of asthma. This small, prospective study included adult … |
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p-STAT6, PU.1, and NF-?B are Involved in Allergen-induced Late-phase Airway …
Medscape The importance of these transcription factors in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma (AA) in humans is poorly understood. We evaluated p-STAT6 and PU.1 expression in peripheral blood Th9 cells and NF-?B expression in eosinophils during late-phase … |
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EMA OKs Nucala for Severe Refractory Eosinophilic Asthma
Medscape The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved mepolizumab (Nucala, GlaxoSmithKline) as an add-on treatment for severe refractory eosinophilic asthma in adults in the 31 European countries covered by the EMA, according to a company statement. GSK gets European marketing rights for Nucala to treat asthma EU OK for GSK's novel asthma biologic Nucala Now Available for Severe Asthma |
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Asthma Appears to Double Chronic Migraine Risk
Medscape Because both conditions are prevalent — about 11.6% of the US population has migraine and 7.5% has asthma — comorbidity is likely, but a risk relationship has not been established. "Links between asthma and migraine had been reported, and people who … Pre-Existing Asthma Early Indicator Of Chronic Migraine Attacks: Study Pre-existing asthma may be a strong predictor of future chronic migraine attacks |
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High Physical Activity Tied to Poor Asthma Control in Females
Medscape In a study of 526 adolescents and young adults who were asked about how much they exercised, researchers found that compared with moderate physical activity, high physical activity levels were linked with poorer asthma control in females, but not males. High levels of physical activity may worsen asthma control in young females A picture from your cell phone could lead to treatment for acne |
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Asthma: No Clear Winners in Combination Treatment in Blacks
Medscape Long-acting anticholinergic agents may be a reasonable substitute for long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs) in combination with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for asthma in black adults, according to the findings of a clinical efficacy trial comparing both … |
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Emergency Visit for Asthma Predicts Future Acute Care
Medscape SAN ANTONIO — For children, a visit to the emergency department for an asthma attack is a red flag for future acute-care visits, and could be used to identify patients who might benefit from intervention by an asthma specialist, new research suggests. |
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