Report calls for an end to complacency around asthma care – Medical Xpress


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Report calls for an end to complacency around asthma care
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This first confidential enquiry report from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Why Asthma Still Kills, published today, found nearly half (45%) of patients included in this study who died from asthma did not have any medical help during the final
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EPA: May is Asthma Awareness Month – Nixa Xpress

EPA: May is Asthma Awareness Month
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Asthma is a serious, sometimes life-threatening respiratory disease that affects the quality of life for millions of Americans. Although there is no cure for asthma yet, asthma can be controlled through medical treatment and management of environmental …
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Handheld device uses a blood sample to distinguish asthma from allergies – Medical Xpress

Handheld device uses a blood sample to distinguish asthma from allergies
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(Medical Xpress)—Asthma and allergic rhinitis can cause similar systems. However, the different conditions require different treatments, so it's important to distinguish between them. Until now, diagnosing asthma has been difficult. Therefore, doctors

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Researchers find potential target for drug to treat allergic asthma – Medical Xpress

Researchers find potential target for drug to treat allergic asthma
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The finding suggests that this enzyme, called Cbl-b, could be a target for drugs used to treat allergic asthma and other autoimmune disorders. This new study, led by Ohio State University researchers, is the first to link Cbl-b to allergic asthma in an

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Asthma drug aids simultaneous desensitization to several food allergies, study
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An asthma drug accelerates the process of desensitizing patients with food allergies to several foods at the same time, a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford shows.
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