News tagged with asthma inhalers
Nearly one 1 in 12 in US have asthma: study
Asthma cases in the United States have risen 12.3 percent since 2001, and nearly one in 12, or almost 25 million Americans, are stricken with the chronic respiratory disease, the government said Tuesday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 03, 2011 |
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GPS- and WiFi-enabled inhaler to help epidemiologists study asthma
(PhysOrg.com) -- Asthma is a serious medical condition that can have life threatening consequences. That is why most asthmatics carry an inhaler. It is small enough to be nestled in a purse, or carried in ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Kids with asthma need more help with inhalers
Fewer than one in 10 children with asthma use traditional inhalers correctly, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Mar 29, 2011 |
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Children with severe asthma experience premature loss of lung function during adolescence
Severe asthma in early childhood may lead to premature loss of lung function during adolescence and more serious disease during adulthood, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine report. Early identification and ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Inhaled corticosteroids increase diabetes mellitus risk
Inhaled corticosteroids are widely used in the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, these drugs may be associated with diabetes development and progression. In a study published in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Asthma exacerbation and large doses of inhaled corticosteroids
There is no evidence that increasing the dose of inhaled corticosteroids at the onset of an asthma exacerbation, as part of a patient-initiated action plan, reduces the need for rescue oral corticosteroids. This is the conclusion ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Possible alternate therapy for adults with poorly controlled asthma
A drug commonly used for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) successfully treats adults whose asthma is not well-controlled on low doses of inhaled corticosteroids, reported researchers supported ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 19, 2010 |
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'Stepping up' asthma treatment in children leads to improvement
Children with asthma who continue to have symptoms while using low-dose inhaled corticosteroids could benefit from increasing the dosage or adding one of two asthma drugs, a new study by researchers at Washington University ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 02, 2010 |
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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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Against expectations, genetic variation does not alter asthma treatment response
(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies have suggested that asthma patients with a specific genetic variation might not respond as well to certain treatments as those with a different variation. But a new study in this week's edition of ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Optimized inhaler mouthpiece design allows for more effective drug delivery
Researchers have developed an optimized mouthpiece design to aid efficient drug delivery to the lungs by reducing the amount of medication wasted as it passes through the mouthpiece of an aerosol inhaler. With current inhaler ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Trying to inhale: Asthma sufferers say CFC-free inhalers aren't as effective
Months after a federal ban went into effect outlawing a propellant used in most rescue inhalers, some asthma sufferers insist that the replacement inhalers don't work and might even be harmful.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Study: Infant inhalation of ultrafine air pollution linked to adult lung disease
Stephania Cormier, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has shown for the first time that early exposure to environmentally persistent free radicals (present in airborne ultrafine ...
Jul 22, 2009 |
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UW-Madison researcher's 'smart' inhaler pinpoints where and when attacks occur
By marrying GPS technology with asthma rescue inhalers, University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher David Van Sickle hopes to better understand the environmental triggers of asthma attacks and improve the way people with asthma ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Vitamin D levels linked to asthma severity
New research provides evidence for a link between vitamin D insufficiency and asthma severity.
Apr 23, 2009 |
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