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Patients with active asthma at higher risk for heart attack

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 13 Mar 2015

Patients with active asthma — such as any use of asthma medications, and unscheduled office or emergency visits for asthma — are at a twofold risk of having… read more.

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Asthma inhalers used incorrectly

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 12 Mar 2015

Only 16 percent of epinephrine users and 7 percent of inhaler users got it right. Millions of Americans with severe allergies and asthma are prescribed medical devices to… read more.

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Does father know best?

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 11 Mar 2015

Asthma symptoms affect millions of patients and are one of the leading causes of work and school absences. People who suffer from asthma know it’s a challenge to… read more.

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Macrophages target tumour cells following monoclonal antibody therapy

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 9 Mar 2015

Monoclonal antibodies directed against tumour antigens have proven effective for treating some forms of cancer. Despite the increasing use of monoclonal antibody therapy, it is not clear how… read more.

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How C. difficile bacteria wreak havoc in guts

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 6 Mar 2015

In a new paper in the journal Infection and Immunity, the researchers lay out for the first time exactly how C. difficile wreaks havoc on the guts of animals in a… read more.

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Mucus in CF patients’ leads to deadly infections

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 5 Mar 2015

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects one out of every 3,000 children in populations of Northern European descent. One of the key signs of cystic fibrosis… read more.

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Growth hormone improves social impairments related to genetic disorder known to cause autism

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 4 Mar 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Treatment with the growth hormone growth factor-1 (IGF-1) significantly improves social impairment associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in patients with a related genetic syndrome,… read more.

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Gallopamil shows efficacy for severe asthma

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 3 Mar 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Results from a French pilot study suggest that gallopamil effectively reduces symptoms in severe asthma. The findings appeared on January 28, 2015 in the American Journal… read more.

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Soda ingredient poses cancer risk

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 2 Mar 2015

Public health researchers have analyzed soda consumption data in order to characterize people’s exposure to a potentially carcinogenic byproduct of some types of caramel color.

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New study helps explain links between sleep loss and diabetes

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 27 Feb 2015

Lack of sleep can elevate levels of free fatty acids in the blood, accompanied by temporary pre-diabetic conditions in healthy young men, according to new research published.

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Ranibizumab appears to reverse diabetes-related vision loss in some populations

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 26 Feb 2015

by Bruce Sylvester: Ranibizumab (Lucentis®) therapy appears to have efficacy in reversing diabetes-related vision loss in some populations, researchers reported online on Feb. 19 in the journal Opthalmology.

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