Assessment of COPD exacerbation
Exacerbation severity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be reliably assessed with the COPD Assessment Test™ (CAT), according to a new study from the UK.
Exacerbation severity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be reliably assessed with the COPD Assessment Test™ (CAT), according to a new study from the UK.
Asthma sufferers allergic to cats doubles, making holiday travel challenging. People with asthma travelling to pet friendly homes for the holidays may want to pack allergy medication along… read more.
Kids with high BMIs exposed to high levels of air pollutants had nearly triple asthma risk. Obese children exposed to high levels of air pollutants were nearly three… read more.
First ever genome-wide association study of combined phenotype may allow for improved identification of variants associated with asthma-with-hay fever.
Mother’s illness, allergen exposure may predict child’s risk of asthma and allergy. Women that are pregnant may want to take extra precaution around those that are sniffling and… read more.
Abstract: Flow cytometry (FCM) is more sensitive than conventional cytology for detection of occult leptomeningeal lymphoma; however, some FCM-negative patients show central nervous system (CNS) recurrence.
University of Utah researcher Eric Garland (pictured) developed a new mindfulness-focused treatment for people with chronic pain that can effectively reduce pain and misuse of opioid painkillers.
A new drug treatment has been found to be effective against chronic pain caused by nerve damage, also known as neuropathic pain, in patients who have had shingles.
Components in the outer wall of bacteria directly activate pain sensors, triggering immediate pain and inflammatory responses. This finding by a multinational team sheds new light on pain… read more.
New research suggests that sedating patients before a nerve block needed to diagnose or treat chronic pain increases costs, risks and unnecessary surgeries, and sedation does nothing to… read more.
Researchers in the U.K. report that non-restorative sleep is the strongest, independent predictor of widespread pain onset among adults over the age of 50.
Effects evaluated in new study published in PAIN. Poorly managed pain in the neonatal intensive care unit has serious short- and long-term consequences, causing physiological and behavioural instability… read more.
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