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A new treatment option for people with severe – persistent asthma
WNYT It's well known that asthma rates keep climbing. A recent report by the New York State Comptroller's Office found Medicaid costs related to asthma were $532 million last year. That's an increase of more than 26 percent over five years. Enter, a new … |
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For Severe Asthma, Most Surveyed U.S. Payers Would Reimburse a Novel …
MarketWatch Efficacy versus price: Results of a conjoint analysis indicate that in severe asthma, U.S. pulmonologists are willing to prescribe a novel therapy with strong efficacy in reductions in exacerbations and oral corticosteroid dose even if that drug … |
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Condition: Low Dose Methotrexate in Severe Chronic Asthma
Interventions: Drug: Methotrexate; Drug: Placebo
Sponsor: Universita degli Studi di Catania
Not yet recruiting – verified April 2014
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Treatment Gave Freedom to Winter Haven Woman With Severe Asthma
The Ledger Dr. Jesse Romeu-Velez, a pulmonologist, uses an image of the inside of a lung and a lung map at Winter Haven Hospital on Thursday to explain the bronchial thermoplasty procedure he uses to treat asthma patients. PAUL CRATE | LEDGER MEDIA GROUP. |
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Menopause doesn't drive severe asthma
Clinical Endocrinology News Digital Network MADRID – Menopause is blamed for many things, but it's unlikely to be the reason for the increased risk of severe asthma or worse quality of life in elderly asthmatic women, a study suggests. "The increased unadjusted asthma severity and need for … |
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Severe pollution warning for parts of coastal Kent as Defra urges asthma …
Kent Online Asthma sufferers and those with lung conditions have been warned to take extra care today as parts of Kent face the most severe weather warnings possible. Coastal areas of the county, stretching from Thanet down to Dover, have been issued with the … |
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Spokane doctor changing the lives of patients with severe asthma
KREM.com (registration) SPOKANE—A new procedure practiced by a doctor in Spokane changed the lives for 24 patients with severe asthma. Severe asthma constricts airways, making it difficult for patients, such as Roberta Stapleton and Jim Wright, to breathe. “It feels like … |
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New procedure helps those suffering from severe asthma
St. George Daily Spectrum Nearly 19 million adults in the U.S. have asthma, and more than 7 million children live with the disease. Furthermore, in 2010, Americans made 1.8 million emergency room visits with asthma as the primary diagnosis, according to the Centers for Disease … |
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Biologic May Tame Severe Asthma
MedPage Today A. A. Take Posttest. SAN DIEGO — Lebrikizumab, a novel monoclonal antibody against the inflammatory cytokine IL-13, might have reduced exacerbations in severe asthma in a randomized trial, although manufacturing problems undermined any conclusions. Roche drug cuts asthma attacks, improves lung function -study Roche scores upbeat data for a personalized asthma drug with blockbuster hopes AAAAI 2014: Roche's lebrikizumab shows reduction of asthma attack rates |
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New procedure offers benefits for patients with severe asthma
News-Medical.net Like millions of people, Jeannine Childs suffers from asthma. But unlike most, her asthma was debilitating. For years she struggled with wheezing, shortness of breath and fits of coughing so severe that they often landed her in the hospital. Nothing … |
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