Patients with active asthma at higher risk for heart attack
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
by Gary Finnegan: Researchers in Canada have found that the chance having a heart attack or stroke increases significantly if a patient has been hospitalised for pneumonia –… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Vitamin D supplementation appears to lower the incidence of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) lung disease flare-up by over 40% in patients with a vitamin… read more.
Despite global improvements in life expectancy, death rates for some causes — including drug use and liver cancer — continue to rise. Global life expectancy increased by 5.8… read more.
Do electronic cigarettes help smokers to quit? Yes, but…. New Cochrane review finds emerging evidence that smokers who use electronic cigarettes can stop or reduce their smoking.
by Bruce Sylvester: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients receiving enhanced oral care from a dentist have a significantly lower risk of developing a lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI),… read more.
People with asthma often have a hard time dealing with respiratory viruses such as the flu or the common cold, and researchers have struggled to explain why.
Asthma takes a backseat to other conditions with older women. Women over the age of 65 face numerous barriers to good health: an increased risk for obesity, greater… read more.
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