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MicroRNAs circulating in blood could lead to first diagnostic test for asthma
News-Medical.net People with asthma have telltale molecules circulating in their blood, say researchers at Penn State College of Medicine. The discovery could lead to the first diagnostic blood test for asthma, as well as more targeted treatments for the condition … |
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Unhealthy BMIs, smoking, drinking alcohol and solid fuel use increase asthma risk in women
News-Medical.net Underweight and obese women who also drank alcohol and smoked tobacco had a two-fold higher risk of being diagnosed with asthma than women with a healthy body mass index who did not drink or smoke, a St. Michael's Hospital study found. Women … |
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Explaining asthma to children: an interview with Gabe Ortiz MPAS, PA-C
News-Medical.net Dr. Gabe Ortiz, MPAS, PA-CTHOUGHT LEADERS SERIES…insight from the world's leading experts. How many children does asthma affect? How does asthma impact a child's daily life? Asthma affects about 1 in every 10 children and the prevalence seems … |
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New research links polycystic ovary syndrome, obesity to asthma in reproductive-age women
News-Medical.net Among reproductive-age women, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) as well as overweight and obesity are independently linked with asthma, new preliminary research from Australia suggests. The results will be presented in a poster Saturday, April 2, … New Study Links Asthma To Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Excess Weight Women With PCOS May Have Higher Asthma Rates PCOS, overweight, obesity increase risk for asthma |
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Asthma and Allergies
News-Medical.net Asthma and allergies are both very common health conditions that affect approximately 10% and 15% of the population in the United States respectively. Additionally, it is estimated that 70% of individuals with asthma also suffer from allergies … |
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UAB discovery may offer new therapeutic approaches to asthma
News-Medical.net University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have found a previously unknown step in the pathway that leads to asthma, a discovery that may offer new therapeutic approaches to this incurable disease. Asthma affects more than 25 million people in the … |
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Study explores new approaches to prevent fall asthma exacerbations in …
News-Medical.net Experts from Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) co-led a team of researchers in studying new approaches to reducing fall asthma exacerbations in pediatric patients. Their findings were released online in late October and published in … |
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AlerSense develops world's first smart airborne allergy and asthma early …
News-Medical.net AlerSense Incorporated has created the world's first smart airborne allergy and asthma early warning system alerting consumers as particles and toxins build. AlerSense™ is an in-home unit when, combined with the mobile app, delivers accurate … |
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Small airway-on-a-chip enables analysis of human COPD and asthma
News-Medical.net COPD and asthma are inflammatory reactions in the lung which can be dramatically exacerbated by viral and bacterial infections, as well as smoking. It is known that many of the associated disease processes occur in the conducting airway sections of the … Small airway-on-a-chip improves study of human COPD and asthma |
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New Northwestern Medicine project aims to understand effects of asthma, eczema …
News-Medical.net A new Northwestern Medicine project, "Asthma and Atopic Dermatitis Validation of PROMIS Pediatric Instruments" (AAD-PEPR), will focus on two common childhood diseases that affect almost 25 percent of American children under age 18. Both conditions … |
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