Inflammatory disorders
Asthma linked to an increased time to pregnancy
Asthma has been associated with a prolonged time to pregnancy and a decreased birth rate in a new clinical observation study.
Feb 11, 2016
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News tagged with asthma treatment
Inflammatory disorders
Older asthma patients at increased risk for treatment failure
Older patients with asthma are at increased risk for treatment failure, particularly those patients being treated with inhaled corticosteroids, according to a new study.
Jun 12, 2015
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Cardiology
Statins have benefits for asthma sufferers
Statins continue to show that their benefits extend beyond their original focus of lowering high cholesterol. With the increasing prevalence of asthma, scientists are studying the effects of statins in the lungs. In a new ...
May 26, 2015
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Inflammatory disorders
New school-based program helps reduce absentee rate for urban minority children with asthma
Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in children, and it can only be managed, not cured. It affects a disproportionally higher percentage of low-income, urban minority children, and is also the most common disease-related ...
May 18, 2015
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Immunology
Scientists open door for asthma cure
Scientists led by molecular immunologists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a way to target a recently discovered cell type that causes asthma, paving the way to ...
Mar 10, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Teen girls from rural areas more likely to have undiagnosed asthma, be depressed
Teen girls who live in rural areas are more likely than their male counterparts to have undiagnosed asthma, and they often are at a higher risk of depression, according to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia at ...
Feb 24, 2015
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Inflammatory disorders
Dry mouth syndrome can be a symptom of asthma
Scientists at the University of Granada and the High Resolution Hospital in Loja (Granada) prove that asthmatic patients who suffer from xerostomia (dry mouth syndrome) have a poorer level of control disease. Whether an asthmatic ...
Feb 3, 2015
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Inflammatory disorders
Novel approach to treating asthma: Neutralize the trigger
Current asthma treatments can alleviate wheezing, coughing and other symptoms felt by millions of Americans every year, but they don't get to the root cause of the condition. Now, for the first time, scientists are reporting ...
Dec 3, 2014
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Pediatrics
Causal link between antibiotics and childhood asthma dismissed
In a new register study in the scientific journal BMJ, researchers at Karolinska Institutet are able to dismiss previous claims that there is a link between the increased use of antibiotics in society and a coinciding rise ...
Dec 1, 2014
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Inflammatory disorders
Electronic nose can detect sub-groups of asthma in children
An electronic nose can be used to successfully detect different sub-groups of asthmatic children, according to a new study.
Sep 7, 2014
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