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Researchers offer new target for treating asthma
Medical Xpress About 10 million Americans and more than 300 million people worldwide have asthma. The most common therapies now used with asthma patients address airway muscle contractions triggered by inflammation, but those treatment results are often temporary … Public Release: 18-Feb-2015 CU School Of Medicine researchers offer new … |
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Study holds hope for reversing childhood asthma associated with maternal …
Medical Xpress The study, published online by the American Journal of Physiology – Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, reported that a medication that stimulates certain proteins in the body reversed airway damage in disease models of asthma caused by prenatal … |
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Epigenetic study highlights drug targets for allergies and asthma
Medical Xpress The researchers analysed white blood cells from families with asthma in the UK to see whether methylation levels in certain parts of the genome were correlated with the level of IgE in the blood. To be sure of their results, the researchers tested … Public Release: 18-Feb-2015 Epigenetic study highlights drug targets for … Researchers discover promising targets for treating allergies and asthma New hope for asthma and allergy sufferers |
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Moldy homes may mean more asthma in young kids
Medical Xpress Children were nearly five times more likely to develop asthma at some point by age 6 if moisture damage with mold existed in their bedrooms. The risk for kids with mold in their living room was 7.5 times higher, compared to no moisture damage. In … |
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Study finds psychedelic drug prevents asthma development in mice
Medical Xpress Research led by Charles Nichols, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at the LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has found that a psychedelic drug, (R)-DOI, prevents the development of allergic asthma in a … |
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Premature babies grow out of asthma
Medical Xpress Babies born prematurely are more likely to develop asthma, but they grow out of it. This is the finding of a study conducted by a number of researchers from the University of Copenhagen and which has just been published in the medical journal PLOS ONE. |
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Can we talk? Patients may avoid topic of work-related asthma for fear of …
Medical Xpress Certain topics are difficult to discuss with your doctor – work-related asthma is apparently one of them. Identifying a health issue related to your job is scary because you don't want a doctor telling you things may have to change – maybe even how you … |
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New cellular pathway triggering allergic asthma response identified
Medical Xpress Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with collaborators in Korea and Scotland, have identified a novel signaling pathway critical to the immune response of cells associated with the initiation of allergic asthma. |
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Rare mutations do not explain 'missing heritability' in asthma
Medical Xpress "Previous studies have likely overestimated the heritability of asthma," said study senior author Carole Ober, PhD, Blum-Riese Professor and chair of the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Chicago. "This could be because those estimates … |
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Asthma associated with increased risk of obstructive sleep apnea
Medical Xpress Twenty-two of 81 participants (27 percent) with asthma experienced incident OSA over their first observed 4-year follow-up intervals vs 75 of 466 participants (16 percent) without asthma. Using all available 4-year intervals (i.e., including multiple 4 … |
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