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New research lays groundwork for developing treatments for asthma, COPD
News-Medical.net In diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the body produces too much mucus, making breathing difficult. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provides clues to potentially counteract … |
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MGH study suggests that bariatric surgery can reduce risk of asthma attacks
News-Medical.net A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators suggests that bariatric surgery can significantly reduce the risk of asthma attacks – also called exacerbations – in obese patients with asthma. Their report, published online in the … |
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Study: Pregnant women need to avoid antibiotics to prevent asthma …
News-Medical.net Getting sick when you're pregnant is especially difficult, but women whose children are at risk for developing asthma should avoid antibiotics, according to a new study. The study, published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the … Public Release: 3-Mar-2015 Pregnant women with asthma need to curb urge to … Pregnant Women with Asthma Need to Curb Urge to ask for Antibiotics AAAAI Installs New President at 2015 Annual Meeting |
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Teen girls from rural areas have undiagnosed asthma, face higher risk of …
News-Medical.net Teen girls who live in rural areas are more likely than their male counterparts to have undiagnosed asthma, and they often are at a higher risk of depression, according to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University … |
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Researchers demonstrate clinical efficacy of gallopamil in severe asthma patients
News-Medical.net A team of Inserm researchers from the Cardio-Thoracic Research Centre of Bordeaux (Inserm/University of Bordeaux and Bordeaux University Hospital) has demonstrated the clinical efficacy of gallopamil in 31 patients with severe asthma. This chronic … |
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Researchers find potential new target to treat asthma patients
News-Medical.net About 10 million Americans and more than 300 million people worldwide have asthma. The most common therapies now used with asthma patients address airway muscle contractions triggered by inflammation, but those treatment results are often temporary … |
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Psychedelic drug prevents allergic asthma in mouse model
News-Medical.net Research led by Charles Nichols, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at the LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has found that a psychedelic drug, (R)-DOI, prevents the development of allergic asthma in a … |
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Discovery improves understanding of factors that trigger allergic asthma
News-Medical.net However, if these regulatory mechanisms malfunction the cells of the immune system attack innocuous substances which enter the body from the environment, ultimately leading to the development of atopic diseases such as allergic asthma. In western … |
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Study shows that babies born prematurely grow out of their asthma
News-Medical.net Large-scale Danish study from the University of Copenhagen shows that premature babies grow out of the asthma which they are likely to develop in early life. Babies born prematurely are more likely to develop asthma, but they grow out of it. This is … |
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Bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma: an interview with Dr. Rob Niven
News-Medical.net Internationally, severe asthma is defined as anybody who is on maximum therapy, which has no measurable side effects, but still have symptoms of persistent asthma. In the UK, that effectively means people who require oral steroids for their asthma two … |
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