Controlling childhood asthma: Study shows ‘mismatch’ between doctors’ instructions, parents’ understanding – Safety+Health magazine

Controlling childhood asthma: Study shows 'mismatch' between doctors' instructions, parents' understanding
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Boston – A Harvard Medical School study of parents whose children have asthma shows roughly half do not know which type of asthma-control medication their child is taking and how often it should be used. The researchers surveyed the parents and health …
Kids' Asthma Severity Under-Recognized & Undertreated at Routine Healthcare VisitsNewswise (press release)

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Most Parents Do Not Understand Their Children’s Asthma Medications, News Study Shows – Nature World News


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Most Parents Do Not Understand Their Children's Asthma Medications, News Study Shows
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The study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, suggests that most of the times, parents do not fully understand their health care provider's instruction for the asthma medication of their children. For the study, researchers

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Novel gene therapy shows potential for lung repair in asthma American Thoracic Society – EurekAlert (press release)


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Novel gene therapy shows potential for lung repair in asthma American Thoracic Society
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ATS 2016, SAN FRANCISCO — A new study has demonstrated a way to deliver a nanoparticle-based gene therapy, in order to repair lungs damaged by chronic allergic asthma and to reduce inflammation that causes asthma attacks. The potential therapy …

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AstraZeneca’s Asthma Drug Shows Positive Results – Wall Street Journal


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AstraZeneca's Asthma Drug Shows Positive Results
Wall Street Journal
Bing Yao, head of respiratory medicine at AstraZeneca's MedImmune unit, said benralizumab acted directly on the cells that are thought to cause attacks in patients with severe asthma. He said the Glaxo and Teva drugs, by contrast, act indirectly by
AstraZeneca set to go head to head against GSK with asthma drugFinancial Times
AstraZeneca asthma drug hits goal, to enter competitive marketReuters
AstraZeneca's asthma biologic hits PhIII target, but still behind rivalsFierceBiotech
The Guardian –Philadelphia Business Journal –MarketWatch
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AstraZeneca Asthma Drug Shows Positive Results – Wall Street Journal


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AstraZeneca Asthma Drug Shows Positive Results
Wall Street Journal
Bing Yao, head of respiratory medicine at the company's MedImmune unit, said benralizumab acted directly on the cells that are thought to cause attacks in severe asthma patients. He said the Glaxo and Teva drugs, by contrast, act indirectly by
AstraZeneca asthma drug hits goal, to enter competitive marketReuters
AstraZeneca climbs after positive asthma treatment resultsThe Guardian
AstraZeneca: Asthma drug trial results positiveMarketWatch
FierceBiotech –Nasdaq
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Study shows asthma-related Twitter posts can predict rise in hospital visits – Medical Xpress

Study shows asthma-related Twitter posts can predict rise in hospital visits
Medical Xpress
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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Study shows asthma-related Twitter posts can predict rise in hospital visits – EurekAlert (press release)

Study shows asthma-related Twitter posts can predict rise in hospital visits
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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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Study shows asthma-related Twitter posts can predict rise in hospital visits – Science Codex

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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