Adults with Cerebral Palsy twice likely to develop asthma and stroke, finds study Deepanjana Sarkar3 Sept 2019 7:05 PM ISTAdults with cerebral palsy are twice likely to develop cardiovascular and chronic respiratory such as stroke and asthma but are less likely to develop...
Self-monitoring mobile app can help control asthma, finds a study Hina Zahid4 Sept 2019 7:25 PM ISTScientists at the Karolinska Institutet have developed a self-monitoring mobile app which uses a treatment adjustment algorithm based on lung...
Diabetes drug metformin may improve asthma exacerbations, finds study Medha Baranwal Baranwal11 Sept 2019 8:28 PM ISTUSA: The diabetes drug metformin may improve asthma exacerbations, a recent study in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society has found....
Flavored e-cigarettes may precipitate asthma, reveals study Hina Zahid22 Sept 2019 7:20 PM ISTE cigarettes have been in controversy lately for its damaging effect on lungs and causing deaths as well. A new study into the impact of flavored...
In black children with uncontrolled asthma, stepping up inhaled glucocorticoids beneficial Medha Baranwal Baranwal27 Sept 2019 7:10 PM ISTUSA: Data from 280 black children aged 5-11 years with poorly controlled revealed that almost half of the children showed superior response to...
High levels of free testosterone in women tied to 44 percent reduced risk of asthma, finds study Deepanjana Sarkar2 Oct 2019 7:30 PM ISTHigh levels of free testosterone in women tied to 44 per cent reduced risk of asthma, revealed a study published in the American Journal of...
One third of severe asthma patients using harmful doses of oral steroids,finds a Netherlands study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli4 Oct 2019 7:05 PM ISTA third of patients with severe asthma are taking harmful doses of oral steroids, according to a study of several thousand people in The Netherlands,...
Fish consumption in first year of life reduces risk of eczema and asthma in kids, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli6 Oct 2019 8:28 PM ISTNorway: Inculcating fish in the diet of infants in the first year of life is more influential in preventing allergy-related disease than maternal...
More a baby weighs at birth, more are chances of childhood allergies Hina Zahid17 Oct 2019 7:28 PM ISTAllergic diseases are developmentally programmed by early-life exposures. However, evidence from preclinical studies suggests that intrauterine growth...
Management of severe asthma exacerbation: French Guidelines Hina Zahid21 Oct 2019 7:00 PM ISTThe French Emergency Medicine Society, the French Intensive Care Society and the Pediatric Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine French-Speaking Group...
Spirometry with bronchodilator testing can prevent COPD overdiagnosis: CHEST Medha Baranwal Baranwal25 Oct 2019 7:28 PM ISTUSA: Routine use of spirometry with bronchodilator (BD) testing not only prevents the overdiagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
Soft drinks consumption increases asthma risk, finds BMJ Study Medha Baranwal Baranwal30 Oct 2019 8:28 PM ISTSaudi Arabia: The consumption of soft drinks has always been considered to be bad for health. Now, a recent study published in the journal BMJ Open...
