News tagged with uncontrolled asthma

Management of asthma during pregnancy can optimize health of mother and baby

Pregnant women with asthma, the most common condition affecting the lungs during pregnancy, should actively manage their asthma in order to optimize the health of mother and the baby, according to new management recommendations ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Discovery of earliest life forms' operation promises new therapies for key diseases

Bacteria provide a well-known playground for scientists and the evolution of these earliest life forms has shed important perspective on potential therapies for some of the most common, deadly diseases. Researchers at Case ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New class of drugs for the reversible inhibition of proteasomes

As the "recycling plant" of the cell, the proteasome regulates vitally important functions. When it is inhibited, the cell chokes on its own waste. Cancer cells, in particular, are very sensitive because they ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Potential new medicines show promise for treating colon cancer, asthma

In what they described as the opening of a new era in the development of potentially life-saving new drugs, scientists today reported discovery of a way to tone down an overactive gene involved in colon cancer and block a ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Protein associated with allergic response causes airway changes in asthma patients

Changes that occur in the airways of asthma patients are in part caused by the naturally occurring protein interleukin-13 (IL-13) which stimulates invasion of airway cells called fibroblasts, according to a study conducted ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Low-income populations more affected by asthma

(PhysOrg.com) -- Almost 5 million Californians have been diagnosed with asthma, and those living in poverty suffer more severe consequences from the condition than those in higher income brackets, according to a new report ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Chest compression-only CPR improves survival in cardiac arrest patients

Heart attack patients whose hearts have stopped beating and who receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from bystanders fare better if their resuscitators skip the rescue breaths and do only chest compression, ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Asthma control? We've got an app for that

An online self-management tool for people with asthma has been shown to significantly improve their ability to reduce their symptoms. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Respiratory Research tested ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New gas sensor chip paves the way to autonomous e-nose

Imec and Holst Centre researchers have developed very sensitive integrated sensing elements for gas detection. The polymer-coated microbridges in high-density arrays can detect ppm-level concentrations of ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Potential cancer drug may offer new hope for asthma patients

A drug being tested to treat cancer could also help patients suffering from asthma, research has suggested.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Californians -- and their cell phones -- will help computer scientists monitor air pollution

You want to go for a run, but you don't want to run in polluted air that might aggravate your asthma. University of California, San Diego computer scientists are creating a network of environmental sensors ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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