News tagged with asthma therapy
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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Alternative therapies may leave asthmatics gasping
Approximately 13 percent of parents turn to alternative therapies to treat their children's asthma, according to a new study from the Université de Montréal. The findings, published recently in the Canadian Respiratory Jo ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Acid reflux without symptoms does not worsen asthma
A commonly used treatment for acid reflux does not improve asthma symptoms or control in patients who do not have symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux (GER), according to a new study supported by the National Heart, Lung, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Estrogen-only HRT may increase risk of asthma after menopause
Oestrogen-only hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may increase the risk of developing asthma after the menopause, suggests a large scale study published ahead of print in the journal Thorax.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 08, 2010 |
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'Difficult-to-treat asthma' may be due to difficult-to-treat patients
Difficult-to-treat asthma often may have more to do with patients who do not take their medication as instructed than ineffective medication, according to researchers in Northern Ireland.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 23, 2009 |
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