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Asthma
Asthma is a chronic disease involving the airways (tubes) that carry air in and out of the lungs. These airways are inflamed in people with asthma. The inflammation makes the airways very sensitive, and the tubes often react to allergens or irritations. There is no cure for asthma. But with the proper diagnosis, medication and an asthma management plan, symptoms can be controlled. Asthma symptoms may include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and trouble breathing-especially early in the morning or at night. In a severe asthma attack, the airways close so much that other vital organs in the body do not get enough oxygen. Asthma is treated with two kinds of medicines. Long-term controller medications are typically taken daily to prevent symptoms. Quick-relief medicines stop asthma symptoms when they occur.
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SEP 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tests that aim to diagnose asthma in young children can often be highly stressful to both the child and the parents. Fur
...
SEP 12, 2016
Microbiology
The first month of a newborn’s life is so critical to a lifetime of health that this period has a name: neonate. I
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 09, 2016
Videos
The American Society for Microbiology invited Dr. Martin Blaser, the director of the Human Microbiome Program at New Yor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2016
Microbiology
It’s long been thought that at birth, infants have sterile airways free of bacteria. New work shows however, that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2016
Immunology
A molecule involved in boosting the immune response in cases of cancer has now been associated with bacterial pneumonia
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
Is ADAM to blame for the prevalence of asthma? Maybe, but it’s the gene and not the man. In a new study from the U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 19, 2016
Microbiology
The common cold virus grows best at cooler temperatures (like in your nose), just a few degrees below core body temperat
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 18, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers led by Olve Peersen, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colorado State U
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2016
Cardiology
According to a Dutch study of 1,374 teenagers, children with a certain family history of cardiovascular disease and/or t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 26, 2016
Health & Medicine
All antihistamine drugs on the market today block only the H1 receptor, but there are three more histamine receptors tha
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 17, 2016
Videos
Can there be racism in terms of environmental pollution and other hazards? It's a concern that is often overlooked by en
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Starving immune cells of key nutrients thwarts their ability to launch an allergic response, according to new resea
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 22, 2016
Cancer
Aspirin, formally known as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is one of the cheapest and most widely used over-the-counter drug
...
APR 13, 2016
Videos
As spring and summer approaches, allergy sufferers are bemoaning the ever-increasing pollen count. According to the Amer
...
MAR 21, 2016
Immunology
Were you born in the summer, fall, winter or spring? Scientists believe that birth season impacts risk of developing cer
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 07, 2016
Immunology
Children with asthma, hay fever, and eczema have about twice the rate of high blood pressure and cholesterol, putting th
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 01, 2016
Videos
Leonardo DiCaprio isn't alone in believing that climate change and pollution can be stopped. A new study published in th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 29, 2016
Immunology
Scientists have discovered a way to make a nasal spray flu vaccine safer for those who are at greatest risk of catching
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
A side effect of some medications is a change in the stiffness of white blood cells. The drugs tend to make the cells so
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 12, 2016
Immunology
Vitamin D is an essential micronutrient that must be obtained from the environment; the body does not make it on its own
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 25, 2016
Cardiology
Children with asthma, hay fever, and eczema have about twice the rate of high blood pressure and cholesterol, putting th
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 06, 2016
Immunology
Over time humans evolved alongside a beneficial microbial community, called the microbiome. In return for a place to liv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 14, 2015
Immunology
Studies have shown that early exposure to farm animals reduces the risk of children developing atopic diseases, but scie
...
Written By:
Kara Marker