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Depressive symptoms linked to adult-onset asthma in African-American women
Medical Xpress According to a new study from the Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC) at Boston University, African-American women who reported high levels of depressive symptoms had a greater likelihood of adult-onset asthma compared to women who reported fewer … |
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Need relief from asthma? Communicating with your allergist is key
Medical Xpress Can't find relief from your asthma symptoms? The way you communicate with your allergist can be the root of your problems. According to two papers published in the January issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, in order for treatment to be … Have asthma? Don't shy away from your doctor |
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Fighting asthma drug resistance
Medical Xpress Current asthma treatments include drugs that open up the tubes of the lungs and corticosteroids that fight lung inflammation. Some patients, however, are stubbornly resistant to corticosteroids, limiting the therapies available to them. Shigeo Koyasu … |
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Low diversity of bacteria may increase the risk for asthma
Medical Xpress But it was only the asthma cases that could be connected to low intestinal microbial diversity at the age of one week and one month, according to the results now being published in the scientific journal Clinical & Experimental Allergy. It might seem a … |
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Dietary fibres protect against asthma
Medical Xpress The Western diet probably has more to do with the asthma epidemic than has been assumed so far because developing asthma is related to the amount of fruit and vegetables consumed. Gut bacteria ferment the dietary fibres contained in them and fatty … |
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Research shows how household dogs protect against asthma and infection
Medical Xpress Children's risk for developing allergies and asthma is reduced when they are exposed in early infancy to a dog in the household, and now researchers have discovered a reason why. Exposure of mice to dust from houses where canine pets are permitted both … 'Dog Dust' May Combat Allergies and Asthma How household dogs protect against asthma and infection Want to Fight Allergies? Get a Dirty Dog |
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A treatment for obesity-associated asthma
Medical Xpress (Medical Xpress)—Research conducted at Boston Children's Hospital indicates that obesity might cause asthma via factors in the immune system and suggests a new way of treating asthma in obese people—who often respond poorly to standard asthma … Obesity May Cause Asthma by Altering the Immune System |
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New guidelines for severe asthma provide an updated definition of the disease …
Medical Xpress Although severe asthma is estimated to account for less than 10% of all asthmatics, these patients have the greatest burden and require a disproportionate amount of healthcare costs to be spent on treating their condition, which is harder to control. |
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Fresh advance in the diagnosis and control of childhood asthma
Medical Xpress Dr. Paula Corcuera is an assistant consultant in infant pneumology of the Pediatric Service of the Hospital Universitario Donostia in San Sebastian. Credit: UPV/EHU. In a piece of research run at the Paediatric Service of the Hospital Universitario … |
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Millions treated for asthma may be misdiagnosed
Medical Xpress "It's very logical for general practitioners to assume most breathing problems are asthma, especially in children," said Tod Olin, MD, MSCS, a pediatric pulmonologist at National Jewish Health. "But there are a lot of breathing problems out there, and … |
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