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Condition: Asthma
Interventions: Device: Verum acupuncture; Device: Sham acupuncture
Sponsors: Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau; National Natural Science Foundation of China
Recruiting – verified August 2013
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New asthma treatment at URMC
13WHAM-TV Dr. Sandhya Khurana with the Mary Parkes Asthma Center says the surgery works, reducing emergency room visits for severe asthma patients by 70 to 80 percent. Khurana says patients won't notice a difference right away but over time, but will after three … |
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New asthma treatment clears way for better quality of life
The Sentinel “Bronchial thermoplasty is … where we go into the airways, and we use radial frequency heat to reduce the smooth muscle, and therefore, there is less constriction and ostensibly fewer asthma attacks.” Smooth airway muscle is responsible for the … |
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First non-drug treatment for asthma tested
fox4kc.com The first treatment for asthma that's not a drug is being tested in Kansas City. It's a treatment already used for another common problem. Denny Niebaum has sleep apnea — lapses in breathing at night when his airway collapses as he breathes in. Denny … |
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New heat therapy treatment helps asthma patients breathe easier
Medical Xpress University of Rochester Medical Center doctors who care for people with severe, uncontrollable asthma have introduced a new therapy to make it easier to breathe. Bronchial Thermoplasty reduces asthma symptoms by delivering low heat to the source of the … |
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American Lung Association Envisions Drug-Free Asthma Treatment in the Near …
HealthNewsDigest.com (HealthNewsDigest.com) – The American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Centers (ACRC) is the largest not-for-profit network of clinical research centers dedicated to discovering effective treatment strategies for asthma. The network is … |
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New Heat Therapy Treatment Helps Asthma Patients Breathe Easier
University of Rochester Newsroom University of Rochester Medical Center doctors who care for people with severe, uncontrollable asthma have introduced a new therapy to make it easier to breathe. Bronchial Thermoplasty reduces asthma symptoms by delivering low heat to the source of the … |
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Condition: Severe IgE-mediated Asthma
Interventions: Drug: Omalizumab; Drug: Budesonide; Drug: Formoterol
Sponsors: Novartis; Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Not yet recruiting – verified July 2013
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A new drug target for asthma treatment
Blouin News Blogs Asthma is chronic lung disease which affects the life of 25 million people in the United States alone. Difficulty to breath, coughing and chest tightness are a few of the symptoms, the cause being the narrowing of the airway epithelium and the lining … |
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Enzyme May Allow Targeted Asthma Treatment, Researchers Say
Medical Daily Researchers at the University of Iowa have discovered a link between asthma symptoms and the enzyme CaMKII. The enzyme, which is known to play a role in heart disease, could be the missing link required to develop an effective treatment program for the … |
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