Asthma Treatment and Symptoms:
Asthma Treatment, Info on Asthma Symptoms, Asthma Medication
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May 1st, 2008
Obesity can worsen the impact of asthma and may also mask its severity in standard tests, according to researchers in New Zealand, who studied lung function in asthmatic women with a range of body mass indexes (BMIs).
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Apr 30th, 2008
May is national asthma and allergy awareness month.
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Apr 25th, 2008
When an asthma attack occurs, many sufferers use a device - a "spacer" - to increase the chances that rescue medicine travels from an inhaler all the way down to the airways where it is needed.
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Apr 16th, 2008
Inner-city children with asthma may be particularly vulnerable to air pollution at levels below current air quality standards.
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Apr 11th, 2008
Risk for developing asthma is linked to variants in a gene called CHI3L1, which can be measured by checking levels of an inherited blood protein regulated by that gene.
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Apr 9th, 2008
MAP Pharmaceuticals announced positive results from a Phase 2a clinical study evaluating MAP0005 for the potential treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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Apr 4th, 2008
U-M expert says even with insurance, co-pay for new HFA inhalers will likely rise 200% to 400% for families that have kids with asthma.
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Mar 28th, 2008
FDA and the Canadian health agency are studying to see if widely used asthma treatment drug Singulair's usage has suicide as its side effects.
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Mar 24th, 2008
MAP's UDB demonstrated lower systemic drug exposure for or the potential treatment of pediatric asthma when compared to the currently marketed conventional nebulized budesonide.
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Mar 24th, 2008
A new state report shows progress in reducing the burden of asthma in Wisconsin, although some racial and ethnic groups are still disproportionately affected.
