Allergic Skin Disease and the Practicing Allergist: Growing Unmet Need, New Science, and New Treatments.
Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2017 Feb;37(1):xiii-xiv
Authors: Tilles SA
PMID: 27886914 [PubMed – in process]
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New devices, wearable system aim to predict, prevent asthma attacks – Science Daily
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New devices, wearable system aim to predict, prevent asthma attacks
Science Daily This is an early prototype of the wristband used in the Health and Environmental Tracker (HET), an integrated, wearable system that monitors a user's environment, heart rate and other physical attributes with the goal of predicting and preventing … |
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Enhanced arginine metabolism may counteract inflammation pathways in asthma – Science Codex
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Enhanced arginine metabolism may counteract inflammation pathways in asthma
Science Codex High arginine levels are often observed in asthmatic individuals and may support increased production of nitric oxide, which is known to worsen airway inflammation. Medications that reduce arginine availability do not effectively treat asthma … |
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Novel gene therapy shows potential for lung repair in asthma – Science Daily
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Novel gene therapy shows potential for lung repair in asthma
Science Daily In asthma, airways become inflamed, resulting in narrowing of these airways and debilitating symptoms that include coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and chest tightness. Asthma and other respiratory diseases also cause changes in the large and … |
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Strategy for depleting immune cells implicated in asthma-associated inflammation – Science Daily
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Strategy for depleting immune cells implicated in asthma-associated inflammation
Science Daily Patients with asthma have chronic lung inflammation that results in sporadic narrowing of the airways and difficulty breathing. Symptoms and severity are variable among individuals; however, the cells and inflammatory factors that trigger asthmatic … |
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Capitalizing on a teachable moment motivates parents of kids with asthma to quit smoking – Science Daily
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Capitalizing on a teachable moment motivates parents of kids with asthma to quit smoking
Science Daily Despite a reduction in overall smoking prevalence, parental smoking and pediatric SHSe remain high, particularly among minority and low income families with children with asthma. More than 40 percent of all children are exposed to SHSe, which increases … |
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Persistent childhood asthma linked to COPD – Science Daily
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Persistent childhood asthma linked to COPD
Science Daily The development of persistent childhood asthma — characterized by having trouble breathing on an almost daily basis — is not well understood. In most cases, childhood asthma resolves with time, but as many as 20 percent of children with asthma will … Severe Childhood Asthma Linked to COPD Risk Later Persistent Childhood Asthma Linked to Early COPD Beware! Severe asthma in childhood can cause lung disease |
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Common asthma warnings overlooked – Science Daily
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Common asthma warnings overlooked
Science Daily A new national asthma survey commissioned by National Jewish Health shows that many adults are unaware of common symptoms of asthma in adults. Doctors say that the findings explain why many adults with asthma may not realize that they have the … Do You Know the 'Hidden' Signs of Asthma? |
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Dexamethasone for asthma in the ER: Better compliance, nearly equal effectiveness – Science Daily
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Dexamethasone for asthma in the ER: Better compliance, nearly equal effectiveness
Science Daily Adults with asthma who were treated with one-dose dexamethasone in the emergency department had only slightly higher relapse than patients who were treated with a 5-day course of prednisone. "Enhanced compliance and convenience may support the … |
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Study shows asthma-related Twitter posts can predict rise in hospital visits – Science Codex
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Study shows asthma-related Twitter posts can predict rise in hospital visits
Science Codex For the study, "The Twitter Asthma Pulse: Using Real-Time Twitter Data to Prospectively Predict Asthma Emergency Department Visits or Hospital Admissions in a Population," researchers collected tweets posted between October 2013 and June 2014 and … |
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