Results of NUVANCE phase I/II asthma trial presented
...se pilot study with NUVANCE in moderate persistent asthmatics that was presented at the 1998 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Conference (AAAAI). A Phase II clinical trial of NUVANCE is currently underway to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the drug for longer-term control of asthma...Physicians miss opportunities to improve care for oldest asthmatics
... Wolfenden embarked on her investigation because asthmatics 70 and over are hospitalized at more than twice the rate of those 18 to 35, and their death rate is roughly 17-fold higher than their younger counterparts. She gathered data from the Managed Health Care Association Outcomes Management System Asthma P...Study proves flu shot safe for asthmatics
... care costs associated with the hospitalization of asthmatics that develop complications due to influenza are substantial. Hospitalization rates for people with high-risk conditions such as asthma increase two- to five-fold during major flu epidemics. Annually, influenza accounts for 192 million days spent in b...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for April (first issue)
...the authors, there were 19 doctor-diagnosed female asthmatics who were sensitizedand exposed to high levels of cat allergen in their living rooms. These individuals reported greater difficulty with asthma during the prior year, in addition to having wheezed more oftenwithout a cold. Over the four-year follow-...RSV prevention protects preemies' lungs for many years
...the control group. Allergies are more common among asthmatics and in many cases can trigger an asthma attack. Half (13/26) the control group of children demonstrated an allergy to one of 10 common allergens in the Denver area, while only 15% (2/13) of the RSV prevention group displayed any allergies. "While thi...Laser research yields precision breath analysis tool for asthma diagnosis (treatment)
... invasive procedures. Earlier research found that asthmatics exhale more nitric oxide when their airways are inflamed, making measurement of its levels the preferred method for determining inflammation severity. At present, nitric oxide levels are measured with devices that analyze chemiluminescence, a photoc...Pain may come with gain in childhood exercise
... These messengers are also found to be elevated in asthmatics during exercise. Cooper and his colleagues are now looking at how responses in these cellular messengers vary in different age groups in girls as well as in boys. They are investigating whether the changes seen in healthy children also appear in chil...Kids who get prescription asthma drugs visit ER less often
...trigger sets off a rapid narrowing of the airways, asthmatics cough, wheeze, feel short of breath and experience tightness in their chests -- the symptoms of an asthma attack. Without immediate help, an attack can be fatal, so many people with asthma seek emergency medical care. Availability of quick-relief as...Anti-asthma medications: Too much of a good thing?
In an unusual paradox, asthmatics that are chronically treated with bronchodilating beta-agonist medications such as albuterol, ventolin, and salbutamol may ultimately develop increased sensitivity to airway constriction and experience exacerbation of their condition. A new study by ...Adults with asthma fail to follow flu vaccine guidelines
...e Control and Prevention guidelines that recommend asthmatics receive the influenza vaccine annually. The study...ant trigger of asthma. Vaccination guidelines for asthmatics were established to help reduce the severe impact influenza can have on patients in this group," sai...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for September 2003 (second issue)
...sthma onset was 1.9 years and 46 percent of the 74 asthmatics had experienced their first symptoms before age 2. All of the preschoolers with asthma had moderately severe illness and 85 percent of the youngsters used daily inhaled steroid therapy. The study is published in the second issue for September 2003 ...Making tiny plastic particles to deliver lifesaving medicine
...to themselves. Inhalation, however, as smokers and asthmatics know, is generally a quick and painless method of getting a drug into the body. Still, Hanes noted, "the lungs are pretty sacred ground. You have to be very conservative about what you put in there." As a doctoral student at MIT, Hanes played a leadi...White blood cell plays key role in body's excessive repair response to asthma
...ecule in eosinophil development, was given to mild asthmatics as part of a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled protocol. The 24 patients in the study received three infusions of either the antibody or a placebo dummy injection one month apart, and had a biopsy of the lining of the breathing tubes befor...Tobacco use common in schools demonstrating poor academic performance
...chool districts. In PSD children, 24.1 percent of asthmatics and 20.5 percent of nonasthmatics reported tobacco experimentation, while Edison school children reported 31 percent and 23.2 percent, respectively. Children with asthma were also more exposed to secondhand smoke than children without asthma. "Many ...Researchers create lung cancer 'cluster bombs'
...n the inhaler, which is similar to the device that asthmatics use. However, the difference between regular drugs and "nanoparticle cluster bombs," Loebenberg said, comes when the powder arrives in the lungs, where it dissolves into nanoparticles upon contact with moisture in the lung--usually mucous. Each gr...Ingredient in asthma inhaler drug may counteract inhaler benefits, according to Pittsburgh study
...that some of the paradoxical responses observed in asthmatics may derive from the pro-inflammatory effects of the (S)- isomer," he added. "Although we need to do further studies to understand the mechanisms behind these findings, they suggest that we need to give some consideration to the possibility that curre...News briefs from the journal Chest, June 2004
...In addition, age-adjusted rates of newly diagnosed asthmatics showed an initial increase in patients under age 65, followed by a plateau between 1995 and 1997, and then a decline, while patients over age 65 showed a continuous decreasing trend throughout the decade. Researchers suspect that the substantial dec...News briefs from the Journal CHEST, November 2004
...sic reflux symptoms. The study further showed that asthmatics who experience GERD symptoms may not actually have the condition, as only 24 patients (51%) of the 47 who presented with classic reflux symptoms were found to have abnormal acidic reflux. The study appears in the November issue of CHEST, the peer-rev...News briefs from the Journal CHEST, December 2004
...se asthma flare-ups and endanger their health than asthmatics without FMD, according to a new study by researche...CDC), in Atlanta, GA. Researchers surveyed 15,080 asthmatics and found that those with FMD, classified as 14 or more days a month of mental health that was not g...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for December 2004 (second issue)
... measured post-hospital adherence in 52 inner city asthmatics by means of electronic medication monitors, self-report, canister weight (for inhaled corticosteroids) and pill counts (for oral corticosteroids). The researchers noted that their results provided strong evidence that even under optimal conditions w...