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HealthDay – FRIDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) — Almost half of patients with
mild or moderate asthma may have a different type of disease than those
with more severe symptoms, perhaps explaining why common treatments don’t
work well for them, new research suggests.
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Asthma Meds Associated With Increase in Some Birth Defects?
Medscape January 16, 2012 — A recent study found a statistically significant increase in the risk for isolated esophageal atresia, isolated anorectal atresia, and omphalocele in infants whose mothers used asthma medications within the month before conception … |
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Asthma in cats calls for some sleuthing
Washington Post My vet diagnosed asthma, put him on prednisone and prescribed Flovent to be administered with a mask to his face. Between his being a traumatized cat who runs from everything and the expense, this is not an option. He usually coughs only once or twice … |
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Why asthma drugs don't work for some
Healthcare Today Researchers have found large numbers of patients with different types of asthma, requiring very different treatments, according to a recent US study. Nearly 50% of patients whose asthma symptoms are moderate to mild may have a different type of disease … |
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Why Don't Some People With Asthma Respond to Medication?
WebMD 6, 2012 — All asthma is not the same. As a result, a new study shows many people with asthma are not helped by corticosteroid medication prescribed to control their breathing problems. The government-funded study is one of the largest to delve into … Half of Asthma Patients Do Not Respond to Standard Therapy 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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Study Offers Clues to Why Some Don't Benefit From Asthma Drugs
Newsday (subscription) Click here Study Offers Clues to Why Some Don't Benefit From Asthma Drugs Published: January 6, 2012 12:36 PM By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter Almost half of patients with mild or moderate asthma may have a different type of disease than those … |
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Study Finds Cause of Some Asthma, May Lead to Vaccine
WSAW Scientists have zeroed in on a bacterial toxin that may be responsible for millions of cases of asthma. It's a discovery that could lead to new vaccines and drugs for a host of common health problems. It's a tiny bacterium that causes a diverse range … |
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[Lipid composition of cells and low-density lipoproteins in blood serum of humans and some vertebrates species].
Zh Evol Biokhim Fiziol. 2011 Sep-Oct;47(5):365-74
Authors:
Abstract
To investigate interaction of atherogenic low-density lipoproteins (LDL) with erythrocytic membrane, the content of lipid components in blood cells and serum LDL was studied in human in norm (donors) and in 12 species of vertebrates (the mammals non-predisposed to atherosclerosis – birds and fish). Lipid composition of blood cells and LDL was analyzed also in patients with pathologies: ischemic heart disease (IHD), bronchial asthma (BA), and chronic obstructive bronchitis (COB), and in 2 species of mammals predisposed to atherosclerosis, in whose blood LDL predominates. The content of lipids in cells and LDL of the studied vertebrates has been found to depend on their taxonomy and the clear trends both to an increase of the cholesterol content and to a decrease if the phosphatidylcholine level in patients, particu- larly with IHD, and on a rise of the ratio of the content of the more saturated sphingomyelin and cholesterol to the less saturated phosphatidylcholine from the lower to the higher organisms, including humans (donors). The highest levels of free cholesterol in blood cells, of total cholesterol in LDL, and of ration of the cholesterol/phosphatidylcholine content have been revealed in patients, especially with 1HB, and in the mammals predisposed to atherosclerosis, i. e., in representatives with predominance of blood LDL, unlike donors and the mammals resistant to atherosclerosis. The highest parameters of lipid components were determined in cells and LDL inhuman with IHD. The lipid LDL composition affects directly the composition and ratio of lipids in blood cells.
PMID: 22145317 [PubMed – in process]
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Sanitation grades low at some Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools
Charlotte Observer They also would have addressed sanitation issues associated with treatment rooms, unlicensed school-based child-care programs, feeding tubes and asthma triggers, such as moisture control. "These air quality controls are more important now than in the … |
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Sanitation grades low at some CMS schools
Charlotte Observer Dusty vents can be triggers for asthma, officials say. MECKLENBURG COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT After nearly four hours of roaming the halls, classrooms and bathrooms of West Charlotte High School, a county health department inspector drew up a report that … |
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