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Severe asthma fails to respond to mainstay treatment
Medical Xpress The immune response that occurs in patients with severe asthma is markedly different than what occurs in milder forms of the lung condition, according to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Those unique features could … |
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Study guides efforts to find new strategies, solutions to fight pediatric asthma
Medical Xpress Low flu vaccination rates, medication compliance and limited access to primary care providers have contributed to the high pediatric asthma rates in California, say UC Davis pediatricians Ulfat Shaikh and Robert Byrd, who have published an extensive … New Strategies to Fight Pediatric Asthma UC Davis Study Guides Efforts to Find New Strategies, Solutions to Fight … |
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Targeting nerve endings to curb allergic asthma
Medical Xpress Current asthma medications, which work by suppressing inflammatory signaling by immune cells or by dilating the airways, can stop working over time. A study from Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School … |
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Asthma drug against dengue to be tested in clinical trial
Medical Xpress A drug that has been used for over 30 years as an asthma and allergy medicine is now being tested to treat symptoms of dengue fever. The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) are running … |
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Older asthma patients at increased risk for treatment failure
Medical Xpress "Asthma morbidity and mortality are known to be increased in middle-aged and older patients, and gender may also affect the incidence and course of the disease, but the impact of age and gender on asthma treatment response is not well understood," said … |
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Dusty secrets could help asthma sufferers
Medical Xpress While asthma is known to have a genetic component, the recent dramatic increase in its prevalence across westernized countries cannot be due to this factor alone, suggesting that environment plays a major role. Asthma, the most prevalent childhood … |
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Aerobic exercise seems to curb asthma severity and improves quality of life
Medical Xpress Children with asthma use inhalers to relieve some of their symptoms, which include coughing, wheezing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. Credit: Tradimus, Wikimedia commons. Aerobic exercise seems to curb the severity of asthma symptoms and … |
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Soy supplements don't improve asthma
Medical Xpress Despite previous findings suggesting a link between soy intake and decreased asthma severity, a new study from Northwestern Medicine and the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Network shows soy supplements do not improve lung … |
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Diet linked to asthma severity in pregnancy
Medical Xpress "Asthma is a common chronic condition, affecting 8-13% of the population, but many people don't realise that asthma during pregnancy can be very dangerous for both the mother and the baby – even more so if the asthma is poorly managed," says Dr Grieger … |
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Asthma app helps control asthma: Alerts allergists when sufferers need assistance
Medical Xpress An article in the May issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) presents the case study of a 42 year-old male patient suffering from asthma. The man … |
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