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How GPS Is Being Used to Fight the Asthma Epidemic
The New Republic “People think about asthma, and think we must have a handle on it in the U.S.,” Van Sickle said. “But the grim reality is that most patients' asthma in this country is uncontrolled. There's a higher rate of going to the hospital than there should be … |
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Computational medicine is used to categorize asthma
CMU The Tartan Online Wu's findings, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, uses machine-learning algorithms to analyze a wide scope of variables collected from asthma patients to determine the severity of their condition. Wu refers to the project … |
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New Asthma Treatment Used on SoCal Patients Could Prevent Attacks
NBC Southern California A breakthrough in the asthma treatment process being used to treat patients in Southern California may prevent attacks and cut down hospitalizations. The treatment is called Bronchial Thermoplasty, in which the smooth tissues around the airways are heated. |
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MDIs in Kids With Asthma: Are They Used Correctly?
Medscape A recent study conducted in caregivers of young children with asthma receiving care at an urban, community-based clinic uncovered shockingly low rates of correct use of metered-dose inhalers (MDIs). In fact, only 1 of 169 adults correctly completed all … |
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Vitamin D 'helps beat symptoms of asthma': Supplements could soon be used as …
Daily Mail Malayka Rahman, Research Analysis and Communications Officer at Asthma UK, said: 'For the majority of people with asthma, current available medicines are an effective way of managing the condition but we know that they don't work for everyone, which is … Soaking up sun could be a cure for asthma |
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Study: Drug normally used to treat severe bronchial asthma beneficial for …
News-Medical.net An international study involving dermatologists from the Hospital del Mar and Spanish subjects has concluded that a drug normally used to treat severe bronchial asthma caused by allergies (Omalizumab) rapidly eliminates the symptoms of spontaneous … |
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Widely used chemical linked to childhood asthma
CBS News Donohue and her team found that BPA might be one of the environmental exposures that may have contributed to the increase in asthma over the years. She also said that pregnant women pass the chemical to their fetuses through their blood stream or … BPA may increase asthma risk in kids, but tough to avoid BPA exposure linked to kids' asthma risk New Study Links BPA and Childhood Asthma |
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Investigation Shows Advair Inappropriately Used for Mild Asthma
DrugWatch.com GlaxoSmithKline's Advair has been prescribed for millions of asthma patients — including children — despite medical records and independent doctors indicating it isn't the correct treatment. The drug “has been massively overused and often … |
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Nanotech can be used for MS, diabetes, food allergies and asthma
ScienceBlog.com (blog) The new nanotechnology also can be applied to a variety of immune-mediated diseases including Type 1 diabetes, food allergies and airway allergies such as asthma. In MS, the immune system attacks the myelin membrane that insulates nerves cells in the … Scientists develop nanoparticle method to help tackle major diseases |
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Alternative therapies aren't used as substitutes for asthma meds
WMBF By Serena Gordon FRIDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) — Almost one in five parents has turned to an alternative or complementary medicine or treatment for their child's asthma, but new research has found that parents are not abandoning traditional … |
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