News articles tagged with 'asthma' (Page 23)
Discovery opens door to personalised asthma therapy
— 18 Jan 2008 09:24 | HealthIn the last few years, 'personalised medicine' - using genetic or other molecular biology-based diagnostic tests to customise treatment for a particular patient - has emerged as a powerful…
Children whose mothers are chronically stressed have a higher asthma rate
— 17 Jan 2008 01:32 | HealthChildren whose mothers are chronically stressed during their early years have a higher asthma rate than their peers, regardless of their income, gender or other known asthma risk factors…
Researchers challenge previous findings regarding widely used asthma treatment
— 12 Jan 2008 18:46 | HealthA new study published recently in The Lancet reveals that one of the most commonly used asthma medicines - long-acting beta-agonists - may not be associated with adverse events in people…
Children with high nitric oxide levels may still breathe easy
— 8 Jan 2008 23:15 | HealthNitric oxide (NO) is a gas released by cells in the lungs. When a person with allergies and/or asthma experiences an inflamed airway, the inflammatory cells release more NO and the…
Eczema still on the increase in developing countries
— 7 Jan 2008 18:50 | HealthExperts are warning policy makers that allergic disease might replace infectious disease as a major cause of ill health in cities undergoing rapid demographic changes in developing…
Protein a possible key to allergy and asthma control
— 3 Jan 2008 13:02 | HealthActivating a protein found on some immune cells seems to halt the cells' typical job of spewing out substances that launch allergic reactions, a study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests.…
Researchers use NASA satellites to improve pollution modelling
— 18 Dec 2007 19:58 | EnvironmentDetecting pollution, like catching criminals, requires evidence and witnesses; but on the scale of countries, continents and oceans, having enough detectors is easier said than done…