Dead Ahead: Similar Early Warning Signals of Change in Climate, Ecosystems, Financial Markets, Human Health
(PhysOrg.com) -- What do abrupt changes in ocean circulation and Earth's climate, shifts in wildlife populations and ecosystems, the global finance market and its system-wide crashes, and asthma attacks and ...
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Discovery may lead to powerful new therapy for asthma
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have found that a single enzyme is apparently critical to most allergen-provoked asthma attacks — and that activity of the enzyme, known as aldose reductase, can ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Vitamin D may halt lung function decline in asthma and COPD
Vitamin D may slow the progressive decline in the ability to breathe that can occur in people with asthma as a result of human airway smooth muscle (HASM) proliferation, according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 20, 2009 |
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Wave of the future: Portable ultrasound scanners in the ER can save lives by expediting diagnosis
All too often, a stethoscope and a doctor's touch are still the primary tools for diagnosing emergency-room patients. UC Irvine physician Chris Fox aims to change that.
Aug 18, 2009 |
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New procedure alleviates symptoms in people with severe asthma
A new drug-free treatment for asthma has been shown to be effective in an international study of patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma. The results showed statistically significant improvements in quality of life and ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 18, 2009 |
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Discovery opens new avenues for treatment of poorly controlled asthma
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study at the University of Leicester is probing why asthma relief inhalers might actually make asthma worse- and what can be done about it.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 14, 2010 |
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Air-pollution expert explains how to take care of your lungs during ozone season
(PhysOrg.com) -- April's warm, sunny days mark the beginning of ozone season. UNC Health Care expert David Peden, MD, the director of the Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology at the UNC School of Medicine, ...
Apr 22, 2010 |
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Childhood Asthma Found to Negatively Affect Adult Health
(PhysOrg.com) -- Children with asthma are more likely to develop a range of health and social problems as they enter into adulthood, new research by the Yale School of Public Health has found. The study is ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 06, 2010 |
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Children with chronic respiratory illness are vulnerable to critical H1N1
As critical care professionals develop a better understanding of the progression of H1N1, they are becoming better prepared to treat children with severe cases, according to a new study that will be published in the March ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 11, 2010 |
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New treatment for severe asthma
Ariel Noriega remembers her first debilitating asthma attack. She was in elementary school playing basketball. Since then, both asthma and sports have been central in her life. A new treatment now available at UC Davis Health ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Study finds omalizumab relieves seasonal asthma attacks in youth
A drug that targets the antibody immunoglobulin E (IgE), a key player in asthma, nearly eliminated seasonal increases in asthma attacks and decreased asthma symptoms among young people living in inner city environments, a ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 16, 2011 |
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EPA to cut air pollution from natural gas 'fracking'
(HealthDay) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday issued the first national standards to curb air pollution linked with the controversial practice of "fracking."
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Facebook peeks spark asthma attacks in dumped boy
Beware unhappy asthmatics: Italian doctors warn that Facebook could trigger an attack in some susceptible users.
Nov 19, 2010 |
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High self-reported asthma rates in Chinatown, N.Y.
Research conducted seven years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City (NYC) found that children attending the socioeconomically and ethnically homogeneous elementary school closest to ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 19, 2009 |
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