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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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