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| Air Pollution Affects Respiratory Health In Children With Asthma
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| A new study reports that inner-city children with asthma may be particularly vulnerable to air pollution at levels below current air quality standards. The study, available online today, analyzes the short-term effects of outdoor pollution levels on asthma symptoms and lung function in children.
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April 17, 2008 |
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| Alair System May Become Option for Asthmatics
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| Asthmatx, Inc., the company developing the Alair® bronchial thermoplasty device to treat asthmatic patients, has released positive results of a latest multi-center study of the procedure.
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February 11, 2008 |
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| Antibiotic Treatment Targets Difficult Asthma
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| Hunter researchers have shown that a commonly available antibiotic can improve the quality of life of patients with difficult asthma, and may also generate significant health care savings.
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December 19, 2007 |
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| Artificial Airways Good News For Asthma And Animals
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| A new 'artificial airway' being developed in a test tube could make it possible to develop better therapies for asthma and allergy sufferers and could reduce the need for animal testing.
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April 28, 2008 |
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| Aspirin Reduces Asthma Risk Among Older Women
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| Taking a small dose of aspirin every other day seems to reduce the risk of developing asthma among older women.
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March 13, 2008 |
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| Asthma Inhaler Misuse Widespread Among Anti-social Teens
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| Nearly one out of four teens who use an asthma inhaler say their intent is to get high. Findings from a new University of Michigan study identified high levels of asthma inhaler misuse among anti-social youths, who displayed higher levels of distress and were more likely to abuse other substances.
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May 9, 2008 |
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| Asthma Linked To Higher Suicidal Thoughts With Attempts
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| Asthma is associated with higher suicidal thoughts with attempted suicide, but does not seem to be linked with suicidal thoughts without attempts.
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May 13, 2008 |
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| Asthma Medicines Often Not Prescribed As National Guidelines Recommend
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| More than a decade after national guidelines were issued for asthma treatment, some patients still don't receive prescriptions for the inhalers that experts say offer the safest and most effective long-term control of the disease.
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March 20, 2008 |
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| Asthma risk increases in children treated for HIV
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| Children whose immune systems rebound after treatment with potent anti-viral drugs for HIV infection face an increased risk of developing asthma, said a federally funded consortium of researchers led by those from Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears online in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
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July 1, 2008 |
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| Asthma Treatment
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| AsthmaCure.Info - what to do if you or your loved nes have asthma. Articles, advice and resources.
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| Asthma Sufferers May Feel Better In The Long Run By Feeling Worse For A While
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| One month of tough breathing may help asthma sufferers breathe easier in the long run, according to research from one University of Houston professor.
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April 15, 2008 |
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| Birth Order Linked To Asthma Symptoms
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| Among four year-olds attending Head Start programs in New York City, those who had older siblings were more likely to experience respiratory symptoms including an episode of wheezing in the past year than those who were oldest or only children. Children with at least two older siblings were also 50% more likely than other children to have gone to an emergency department or been hospitalized overnight for breathing problems.
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May 11, 2008 |
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| Boy, 10, Blinded by Asthma Attack is Walking, Talking Again
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| A 10-year-old boy left blind after an asthma attack cut off oxygen to his brain has regained the ability to walk and talk.
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June 16, 2008 |
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| Early Day Care Attendance May Protect Infants From Asthma Later
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| Day care attendance early in life seems to protect infants and young children from later developing asthma, according to new research.
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October 23, 2007 |
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| Early Life Exposure To Cats May Reduce Risk Of Childhood Allergies And Asthma Symptoms
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| A study released by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, shows that cat ownership may have a protective effect against the development of asthma symptoms in young children at age five.
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May 22, 2008 |
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| Exposure to traffic pollution can lead to chronic effects in the respiratory health of children with asthma
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| Exposure to traffic pollution may increase respiratory problems and reduce lung volumes in children with asthma, according to researchers who studied the effects of road and traffic density on children's lung function and respiratory symptoms in the border town of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico.
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December 17, 2007 |
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| Farm Kids Have Lower Risk Of Asthma
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| Farm children appear to have a lower risk of asthma than their urban counterparts or even those living in a non-agricultural rural environment.
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October 19, 2007 |
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| FDA Investigating Possible Link Between Singulair and Suicide
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| The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a link between the asthma drug Singulair and suicidal behavior, according to a news release Thursday.
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March 27, 2008 |
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| First-born children are at higher risk of developing asthma and allergies due to pregnancy conditions
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| according to new research from the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, which will be presented at the American Thoracic Society's 2008 International Conference in Toronto on Wednesday, May 21.
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May 20, 2008 |
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| Gene Variant Increases Risk Of Asthma
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| A tiny variation in a gene known as CHI3L1 increases susceptibility to asthma, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and decline in lung function, researchers report early online in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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April 14, 2008 |
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| Giving Mice A Cold Virus Offers Hope Of New Asthma Treatments
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| Scientists have been able to recreate rhinovirus infection, which is behind most common colds, in a small animal for the first time.
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February 7, 2008 |
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| How Asthma Susceptibility Gene Causes Breathing Difficulties: New Study Explains
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| Researchers at the University of Southampton's School of Medicine have discovered how a gene, which is linked to susceptibility to asthma, contributes to the development or the progression of the disease. The findings of this new study may lead to novel treatments for asthma, as well as other diseases such as cancer and atherosclerosis or thickening of the arteries.
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April 28, 2008 |
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| Immune System Kick-started In Moist Nasal Lining In Sinusitis, Asthma And Colds
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| Scientists at Johns Hopkins have outlined a new path for potential therapies to combat inflammation associated with sinusitis and asthma based on a new understanding of the body's earliest immune response in the nose and sinus cavities.
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May 1, 2008 |
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| Improving Asthma Patients' Care Through Computer-based Simulation Program
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| Mayo Clinic pulmonary researchers have designed and tested a new patient education computer program intended to help people with asthma manage their disease. The program allows asthma patients (an estimated 7 percent of the U.S. adult population) to practice making key decisions in a safe, simulated environment.
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May 20, 2008 |
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| Mold Linked To Asthma
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| A Cardiff University study has found that removing indoor mould improves the symptoms of people with asthma.
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September 11, 2007 |
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| Nano-Sensor That Indicates Oncoming Asthma Attacks and Helps Monitor Symptoms
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| A sensor developed at the University of Pittsburgh could strip the element of surprise from some asthma attacks by detecting one before its onset. Fitted in a hand-held device, the tiny sensor provides people who have asthma with a simple and affordable means of keeping tabs on their condition by measuring their breath for high levels of a specific gas associated with asthma inflammation.
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August 27, 2007 |
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| New Breathing Exercises Help Manage Asthma
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| A presentation that demonstrates breathing exercises designed to help reduce the use of asthma inhalers is today available to the general public for free from the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Asthma and Airways website.
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May 30, 2008 |
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| New target found for asthma
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| An enzyme released by mast cells in the lungs appears to play a key role in the tightening of airways that is a hallmark of asthma -- pointing to a potential new target for treatment against the illness.
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January 29, 2008 |
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| Obesity can worsen the impact of asthma
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| Obesity can worsen the impact of asthma and may also mask its severity in standard tests, according to researchers in New Zealand, who studied lung function in asthmatic women with a range of body mass indexes (BMIs).
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May 1, 2008 |
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| Potential Role Of Fish-based Fatty Acids In Resolving, Preventing Asthma
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| In an ongoing effort to determine the anti-inflammatory value of diets rich in some types of fish, scientists studying asthma and allergic reactions have found that a molecule produced by the body from omega-3 fatty acids helps resolve and prevent respiratory distress in laboratory mice.
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June 25, 2008 |
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| Protein A Possible Key To Allergy And Asthma Control
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| Activating a protein found on some immune cells seems to halt the cells' typical job of spewing out substances that launch allergic reactions, a study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The findings could eventually lead to new treatments for allergic reactions ranging from annoying bouts of hay fever to deadly asthma attacks.
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January 6, 2008 |
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| Protein May Play A Role In Severe Asthma
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| Identifying this new biomarker, YKL-40, brings investigators one step closer to a treatment for the nation's 2.5 million asthmatics with a severe form of the disease that is difficult to treat, the researchers say.
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November 15, 2007 |
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| Previous Findings Regarding Widely Used Asthma Treatment Challenged
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| A new study published recently in The Lancet reveals that one of the most commonly used asthma medicines -- long-acting beta-agonists -- may not be associated with adverse events in people based on their genotype (gene variation), as previous studies had shown.
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January 14, 2008 |
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| Report Urges More Attention for Asthma
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| Breathing easier without limiting activities is the goal of new government guidelines that urge more attention to asthma sufferers' day-to-day symptoms, not just their severe attacks.
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August 30, 2007 |
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| Some kids are being misdiagnosed with asthma
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| Vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) is the sudden, abnormal narrowing of the vocal cords during inhalation causing obstruction of the airflow, and is characterized by a noise that can mimic the sound of wheezing.
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September 2, 2007 |
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| Some Kids Benefit More From Asthma Drug
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| Girls and children exposed to tobacco smoke respond particularly well to montelukast (Singulair) according to researchers at National Jewish Medical and Research Center. Associate Professor of Pediatrics Nathan Rabinovitch, MD, and his colleagues also identified two biomarkers that may help physicians predict even more precisely which patients will benefit from montelukast.
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May 14, 2008 |
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| Spray Cleaners Linked to 1 in 7 Cases of Adult Asthma
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| Using cleaning sprays and air fresheners while doing housework may account for up to one in seven cases of asthma in adults.
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October 15, 2007 |
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| Tree-lined Streets Mean Lower Rates Of Childhood Asthma
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| The researchers base their findings on rates of asthma rates for the disease among 4 to 5 year olds, and hospital admissions for the disease among children up to 15, from 42 health service districts of New York City, USA.
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May 2, 2008 |
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