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High-altitude treatment may help severe asthma patients
News-Medical.net Individuals with severe refractory asthma may benefit from high-altitude treatment, irrespective of their sensitivity to airborne allergens, suggest findings from a study conducted in the Swiss Alps. When 137 adults with severe refractory asthma … |
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Asthma and nasal congestion common insomnia triggers
News-Medical.net Uncontrolled asthma and nasal congestion combined, increase the risk for insomnia still further over asthma alone, say Christer Janson (Uppsala University, Sweden) and colleagues. Previous studies have shown a link between asthma and increased … |
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Children with asthma benefit from cognitive behaviour therapy programme
News-Medical.net Researchers have found that a programme of cognitive behaviour therapy delivered by nurses to children who had asthma and anxiety improved the children's quality of life scores and reduced the risk of escalation of treatment. Levels of anxiety and … |
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Acute cough should raise asthma alarm
News-Medical.net By Kirsty Oswald, medwireNews Reporter. Around one-fifth of patients consulting their primary care physician for acute cough could have undiagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), show the results of a pan-European study. |
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Caterpillar fungi may benefit asthma patients
News-Medical.net Research shows that cordycepin, extracted from a group of rare parasitic caterpillar fungi of the genus Cordyceps, has unusual anti-inflammatory properties that may make it a good candidate for treating conditions such as asthma and rheumatoid arthritis. Tibet mushroom may hold key for asthmatics |
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Nicotine exposure causes asthma in smoker's grandchildren
News-Medical.net The dangers of smoking on smokers and their children are widely known but new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine demonstrates that nicotine exposure also causes asthma in the smoker's grandchildren. Asthma is a … Women who smoke during pregnancy could put their future grandchildren at risk … |
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Harvard, SLU to develop asthma alert messaging system
News-Medical.net A $93,000 gift from Google together with a $25,000 award from Saint Louis University's President's Research Fund will allow faculty at SLU, Harvard and St. Louis College of Pharmacy to research smart phone and web-based applications and data … SLU To Help Develop Asthma App |
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Sublingual immunotherapy highly effective for chronic allergy and asthma sufferers
News-Medical.net Could it be that those with allergic rhinitis (hay fever) and childhood nasal allergies can finally get a break from their allergies and their allergy shots? Chicago's leading allergy, asthma, and immunology expert, Dr. Brian Rotskoff, who treats a … |
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Cleaning-product-related asthma concern for hospital workers
News-Medical.net By Helen Albert, Senior medwireNews Reporter. Research suggests that exposure to cleaning products, particularly those containing decalcifiers and ammonia, may increase the risk for asthma in female hospital workers. Orianne Dumas (Université … |
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Respiratory infections provide urban asthma clue
News-Medical.net By Kirsty Oswald, medwireNews Reporter. Urban infants have a different pattern of viral respiratory illness from suburban infants, which could help explain why they are more likely to develop asthma, say US researchers. "We compared the viral etiology … Respiratory illness linked to viral infections in urban areas Respiratory virus patterns differ in urban, suburban kids |
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