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Primary care-based program can help improve assessment and treatment of asthma in children
News-Medical.net An innovative primary care-based asthma program improves identification of poorly controlled asthma among children and enhances treatment plans, compared to care provided during routine office visits, according to research published in the current … |
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Researchers identify hCRTh2 protein as possible therapeutic target for asthma
News-Medical.net Patients with asthma have chronic lung inflammation that results in sporadic narrowing of the airways and difficulty breathing. Symptoms and severity are variable among individuals; however, the cells and inflammatory factors that trigger asthmatic … |
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Nanoparticle-based gene therapy may hold promise for patients with asthma
News-Medical.net A new study has demonstrated a way to deliver a nanoparticle-based gene therapy, in order to repair lungs damaged by chronic allergic asthma and to reduce inflammation that causes asthma attacks. The potential therapy, tested in mice, may hold promise … |
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Overdiagnosis of asthma in Canadian communities
News-Medical.net Asthma is overdiagnosed in an estimated 30 percent of Canadian adult , according to a study presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference. "Careful testing revealed that 33 percent of people who had been recently diagnosed with asthma in the … |
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Nationwide Children's mobile app may help people better self-manage asthma
News-Medical.net Very early on in her life, 3-year-old Karma Taylor found herself frequently in the Emergency Department in the middle of the night as a result of breathing problems. Karma's mom, Joyce Kelso, felt like she was chasing after her daughter's asthma rather … |
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Extreme weather events may lead to more asthma hospitalization
News-Medical.net Extreme heat and heavy rainfall are related to increased risk of hospitalization for asthma in Maryland, according to a study by University of Maryland School of Public Health researchers. Based on over a decade of asthma hospitalization data (115,923 … |
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HDM SLIT tablet can reduce risk of moderate or severe asthma exacerbation
News-Medical.net The addition of a house dust mite (HDM) sublingual allergen immunotherapy (SLIT) tablet to maintenance medications improved time to first moderate or severe asthma exacerbation during a period of inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) reduction among adults with … House dust mite immunotherapy in adults with allergic asthma |
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Five simple steps could reduce future life-threatening asthma attacks and hospital admissions
News-Medical.net A national care check list (or 'care bundle') is launched today for NHS hospitals discharging asthma patients who have recently received treatment for an acute asthma attack. Experts believe that successful implementation of just 5 simple steps by … |
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NObreath®: the essential tool for World Asthma Day
News-Medical.net This year, apprehensions have been rising about asthma after recent studies uncovered some horrific truths about asthma; Asthma UK found that over 120,000 asthma sufferers in the UK are at risk from wrongly prescribed medication, whilst NICE published … |
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Researchers identify biological pathway that explains why current asthma therapies fail in many cases
News-Medical.net Asthma is an enormous public health problem that continues to grow larger, in part because scientists don't fully understand how it is caused. Existing therapies don't cure the disease and often don't even significantly alleviate the symptoms. Now … |
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