News tagged with severe asthma


Fungal pill could provide asthma relief for sufferers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Up to 150,000 people suffering from severe asthma in the UK could benefit from taking antifungal medication already available from pharmacists, new research has found.


Anti-fungal drug offers great benefits to some with severe asthma

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created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Some patients with severe asthma who also have allergic sensitivity to certain fungi enjoy great improvements in their quality of life and on other measures after taking an antifungal drug, according to new research from ...





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Severe asthma may be a different form of the disease

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created Jan 29, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A multi-center research project to investigate severe asthma has found a key physiological difference between severe and non-severe forms of the disease, a finding that could help explain why those with severe asthma do not ...


Breakthrough in understanding severe asthma has potential for new treatment

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created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists from King's College London and Imperial College London believe they have discovered a key element in the development of chronic asthma. Their research has been published in a new paper in the journal Proceedings of ...


Discovery suggests protein may play a role in severe asthma

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created Nov 14, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A protein measured in a simple blood test may be a new biomarker to identify patients with the most serious form of asthma, Yale School of Medicine researchers report today in the New England Journal of Medicine.


Achieving asthma control in preschoolers

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Asthma is the commonest chronic disease in children and a major reason for admissions to hospital, yet inadequate asthma control is present in 26% to 45% of children, states a review in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...


Women with asthma feel worse

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women with asthma are more anxious, find it harder to sleep and are more tired during the day than their male counterparts, but nevertheless tend to be better at following their treatment, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska ...


Relatively low dietary intake of vitamins A and C boosts asthma risk

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created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A relatively low dietary intake of vitamins A and C boosts the risk of asthma, suggests a systematic analysis of the available evidence published ahead of print in the journal Thorax.


Back-to-School Means Beware of Asthma for Some

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created Aug 05, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Asthma is a leading cause of death and disability in children younger than 18 years old, and is one of the leading causes of hospitalization in school-age children. Since children spend up to 30 percent of ...


Obesity does not worsen asthma, but may reduce response to medications

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created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Being overweight or obese does not make asthma worse in patients with mild and moderate forms of the disease, according to a study by National Jewish Health researchers, although it may reduce the response to medications.


More pounds equals worse asthma?

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created May 22, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference finds that obese people are significantly more likely to have persistent or severe persistent asthma than their thinner counterparts.


Athletes with asthma need more help from their team trainers

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created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Very few athletic trainers associated with National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) programs said that they were following best practice standards for managing asthma among their athletes, according to a new study.



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