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Putting care in patients' hands
Boston Globe At first, it was going to resemble an elephant's trunk and reward kids with a funny trumpeting sound when they took their asthma medication. But group members eventually nixed that as too annoying and childish. Then, it was going to resemble a ski ramp … |
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 Trend.az |
Iran makes 6 meds for asthma, cancer patients
Trend.az Scientists in Iran have produced the ingredients needed for 6 medications used to treat diseases ranging from asthma to cancer, Mehr News Agency reported. The domestically manufactured medications are important because of the technology needed to … |
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Approach Shown Successful for Patients With Coronary Artery Disease, High …
Newswise (press release) 23, 2012) — The experience of daily positive affect — a mild, happy feeling — and self-affirmation helps some patients with chronic diseases, including coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and asthma, make better decisions about their health … |
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Cold, asthma patients rising in district
Times of India VARANASI: Call it a result of prevailing chilly conditions, the patients of cold, pneumonia and allergic asthma are on the rise in the district. The number of patients visiting the paediatric OPD of BHU Hospital of different government hospitals in the … |
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Many Patients With Asthma Do Not Respond to Standard Therapy
Medscape January 6, 2012 — Approximately one half of patients with mild-to-moderate asthma are unlikely to respond to currently available anti-inflammatory therapy because they have persistently noneosinophilic disease, according to the results of a … Study Offers Clues to Why Some Don't Benefit From Asthma Drugs A large subgroup of mild-to-moderate asthma is persistently non-eosinophilic |
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Dr. Arvind Madaan Selected For Patients' Choice Award 2011
Sacramento Bee Dr. Madaan's office provides comprehensive allergy and asthma care to patients of all ages: Allergy Testing, Lung Function Tests, evaluation and management of Nasal Congestion/Drainage, Cough, Hay Fever, Asthma, Sinus Infections, Food Allergies, … |
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The Placebo Debate: Is It Unethical to Prescribe Them to Patients?
The Atlantic If you're reviewing a serious publication like the New England Journal of Medicine, you could be persuaded by results of a recent article on giving placebos to asthma patients in a randomized clinical trial. The topic has blossomed since 2008, … |
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Air pollution causing increase in asthmatic patients
DAWN.com The smoke of new and unfit vehicles and dust caused by development work, were the main reasons for increasing asthma: Dr Rashid. – File Photo HYDERABAD: The increasing air pollution and dust put the number of allergic asthmatic patients high in urban … |
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Work in cells, animals, patients reveals toxin's role in asthma
PhysOrg.com (press release) Dr. Baseman leads studies of whether a common respiratory bacterial pathogen and the toxin it makes are initiating and intensifying asthma and other allergic diseases. Credit: UT Health Science Center San Antonio Five years ago, microbiologists at The … |
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Procalcitonin vs Clinical and Chest Film Findings to Diagnose Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Patients With Acute Asthma or Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Bronchitis.
Chest. 2011 Dec;140(6):1667-8
Authors: Cunha BA
PMID: 22147830 [PubMed – in process]
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