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Early lung infection exacerbates asthma risk in preterm birth children
News-Medical.net A Swedish study of children admitted to hospital within the first year of life for lung infection has found that the increased risk this poses for later development of asthma is exacerbated by low gestational age. Early respiratory infection and … |
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Taking probiotics during pregnancy has no effect on asthma rate amoung infants
News-Medical.net Taking probiotics has health benefits but preventing childhood asthma isn't one of them, shows newly published research led by medical scientists at the University of Alberta. Meghan Azad, a Banting post-doctoral fellow in the Faculty of Medicine … Taking probiotics during pregnancy doesn't prevent asthma in kids Probiotics during Pregnancy won't Help Prevent Asthma: Study |
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New clinical trial shows increased asthma control with FeNO-guided anti …
News-Medical.net A total of 187 non-smoking asthma patients (18-64 years) with perennial allergy and on regular inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) treatment were recruited at 17 primary health care centres in Sweden, randomly assigned to two groups and followed for one year. AEROCRINE AB : Aerocrine: First Primary Care Trial Supports FeNO-Guided … |
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Novel community program to improve the way childhood asthma controlled …
News-Medical.net Indiana University School of Medicine emergency medicine faculty hope to improve the way childhood asthma is medically managed in Marion County through an innovative program that incorporates the skills and flexible schedules of specially trained … |
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Asthma infection risk 'goes beyond the airways'
News-Medical.net Researchers from the USA have found that asthma may be associated with an increased risk for infections outside of the respiratory tract. Multiple previous studies have shown that patients with asthma are more likely to experience bacterial infections … |
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FENO and B-Eos complement each other as asthma biomarkers
News-Medical.net Research indicates that fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) and blood eosinophil count (B-Eos) values can independently predict asthma diagnosis and attacks. However, the study authors, led by Andrei Malinovschi (Uppsala University, Sweden), found … |
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Asthma alert in very physically active
News-Medical.net Research from Sweden shows that while people with asthma are as likely to be mildly active or inactive as people without, there is a strong relationship between vigorous physical activity and the respiratory condition. Reporting in Respiratory Medicine … |
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Cleaning product-related asthma goes beyond irritation
News-Medical.net Research from Belgium indicates that a substantial proportion of those who have occupational asthma (OA) related to cleaning agents have specific airway sensitivity to the components of detergents. It was previously assumed that the ability of such … |
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Chronic bronchitis linked to poor asthma outcomes
News-Medical.net Researchers have found that chronic bronchitis is associated with worse clinical outcomes in asthma, particularly among smokers. In the study, published in Respiratory Medicine, 20% of 59 never smokers with asthma reported chronic bronchitis, or … |
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Appropriate exercise programs can provide benefits to people with asthma
News-Medical.net Appropriate exercise programs can provide valuable benefits to people with asthma, helping to reduce the severity of attacks or prevent them entirely, finds a new evidence review in The Cochrane Library. The review also showed that, contrary to fears … |
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