- Thursday, January 2, 2025 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA new, non-invasive nasal swab test for kids that diagnoses specific asthma subtype, or endotype, could help clinicians prescribe medications more precisely and pave the way for research toward better treatments for lesser-studied asthma...
- Wednesday, December 25, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA new method of scanning lungs is able to show in real time how air moves in and out of the lungs as people take a breath in patients with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and patients who have received a lung...
- Thursday, December 19, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA team has discovered a new communication pathway between the gut and lung. Their findings highlight how a little-known member of the gut microbiome reshapes the lung immune environment to have both beneficial and detrimental effects on...
- Monday, December 9, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA research team has uncovered a molecular strategy employed by worm parasites (helminths) to evade host immune defenses. This discovery opens new avenues for the development of innovative vaccines and therapies. The study offers...
- Wednesday, November 27, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA recent trial finds an injection given during some asthma and COPD attacks is more effective than the current treatment of steroid tablets, reducing the need for further treatment by 30%.
- Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA new study sheds light on a potential link between exposure to certain everyday chemicals during pregnancy and the development of asthma in children. The study analyzed data from over 3,500 mother-child pairs as part of the Japan...
- Monday, November 11, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyAsthma is associated with memory difficulties in children, and early onset of asthma may exacerbate memory deficits, according to a new study.
- Friday, November 1, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyWindblown dust from the shrinking Salton Sea harms the respiratory health of children living nearby, triggering asthma, coughing, wheezing and disrupted sleep, USC research shows. The problem is likely to intensify in a hotter climate,...
- Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyResearchers have discovered a way that ovarian cancer tumors manipulate their environment to resist immunotherapy and identified a drug target that could overcome that resistance. The study used a cutting-edge spatial genomics technology...
- Friday, October 25, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyDrawing on evidence involving about 25 million population worldwide, an international research team demonstrates that long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 significantly increases the risk of asthma, affecting both children and adults. The...
- Thursday, October 24, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA new medically challenging case warns that, for those with allergies and asthma, health problems from burning incense can be a significant risk to adults and children.
- Thursday, October 10, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyThe risk of asthma in the child can be reduced by nearly half if the mother engages in active physical exercise at least three times a week during pregnancy, compared to a child of a mother who is less active, a new study shows.
- Wednesday, October 9, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyGenome-wide association studies have great potential for advancing our understanding of the genetic background of diseases, but so far, few association studies have focused on maternal and newborn diseases, and most have been based on...
- Thursday, September 26, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyWhat factors lead to chronic respiratory disease? Researchers investigated this question using health data from about 780 infants. Their analysis shows that children's risk of developing asthma later in life can be more reliably...
- Thursday, September 19, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyHuman breast milk regulates a baby's mix of microbes, or microbiome, during the infant's first year of life. This in turn lowers the child's risk of developing asthma, a new study shows.
- Tuesday, September 10, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyWomen who are being treated for asthma are more likely to miscarry and need fertility treatment to get pregnant, according to a large study. However, the study also suggests that most women with asthma are able to have babies.
- Tuesday, September 10, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA scientific team has created a preclinical blood test to identify adults most likely to develop severe respiratory conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The blood test analyzes 32 proteins that scientists...
- Thursday, September 5, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA cancer study found that certain gut bacteria may influence whether or not a patient's immune system is successful in fighting mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer.
- Thursday, August 29, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyResearchers have developed a prototype for a smart mask that can be used to monitor a range of medical conditions, including respiratory ailments, such as asthma, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), and post-COVID-19 infections.
- Thursday, August 22, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyManaging hard-to-treat respiratory illnesses like asthma and pulmonary fibrosis just got easier if a new drug-carrying molecule is as sneaky as its inventors think.
- Wednesday, August 14, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyBeing born in autumn or winter is associated with asthma and allergic rhinitis in Finland, a new registry-based study shows.
- Tuesday, August 13, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA computer algorithm has achieved a 98% accuracy in predicting different diseases by analyzing the color of the human tongue. The proposed imaging system can diagnose diabetes, stroke, anemia, asthma, liver and gallbladder conditions,...
- Thursday, August 8, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyNearly a quarter of children with recurrent wheezing have 'silent' lung infections that would be better treated with antiviral medications than commonly prescribed steroids that can carry lifelong side effects, new research reveals.
- Wednesday, August 7, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA new study that tracks how many asthma-related emergency room visits result from pollen in metropolitan areas highlights the importance of knowing local plants and the need for developing science-based pollen forecasts.
- Wednesday, July 24, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA new study shows an average 20-percent spike of nitrogen dioxide polluting the air for communities located near huge warehouses. And people of color are harder hit.
- Monday, July 22, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailySwitching from a gas stove to an electric induction stove can reduce indoor nitrogen dioxide air pollution, a known health hazard, by more than 50 percent according to new research.
- Monday, July 15, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyEarly exposure to antibiotics can trigger long term susceptibility to asthma, according to new research. Importantly the research team isolated a molecule produced by gut bacteria that in the future could potentially be trialed as a...
- Thursday, July 11, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyResearchers have identified how a common bacterium is able to manipulate the human immune system during respiratory infections and cause persistent illness.
- Friday, June 28, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA research team has shown that exposure to air pollution during childhood is directly associated with bronchitis symptoms as an adult. To date, many investigations have established air pollution exposure while young is consistently...
- Monday, June 17, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA new study sheds light on factors that may have predisposed some patients to recover more slowly after COVID.
- Tuesday, June 11, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyChronic lung diseases are often accelerated and exacerbated by polymicrobial infections. An international study has identified two types of these so-called dysbioses in cystic fibrosis. They display distinct ecology and are also likely...
- Monday, June 10, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA study has found children who are exposed to tree and weed pollen in urban environments are at increased risk of respiratory health problems, including asthma. While green areas in urban settings decrease exposure to air pollution,...
- Tuesday, June 4, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyScientists have identified how the first domino falls after a person encounters an allergen, such as peanuts, shellfish, pollen or dust mites. Their discovery could herald the development of drugs to prevent these severe reactions.
- Monday, May 20, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyReplacing diesel school buses with electric school buses may yield up to $247,600 in climate and health benefits per individual bus, according to a new study. The researchers found that these benefits -- including fewer greenhouse gas...
- Monday, May 20, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyExtreme heat events were associated with increased asthma hospital visits, according to new research.
- Tuesday, May 7, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyUnderstanding how mucus changes, and what it changes in response to, can help diagnose illnesses and develop treatments. Researchers develop a system to grow mucus-producing intestinal cells and study the characteristics of the mucus in...
- Friday, May 3, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA new study of air pollution in U.S. homes reveals how much gas and propane stoves increase people's exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a pollutant linked to childhood asthma. Even in bedrooms far from kitchens, concentrations frequently...
- Wednesday, May 1, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyWith recent studies having established the presence of nano and microplastic particles in the respiratory systems of both human and bird populations, new research has modeled what happens when people breathe in different kinds of plastic...
- Tuesday, April 30, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA research team embarked on a quest to understand the diversity and cellular mechanisms of human Th2 cells. By conducting gene expression analyses of inflamed tissues, they pinpointed a subset of Th2 cells called Th2-MPP cells. Their...
- Friday, April 26, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyIn unincorporated communities in the United States-Mexico borderlands, historically and socially marginalized populations become invisible to the healthcare system, showing that geography acts as a structural determinant of health for...
- Thursday, April 25, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA new tool to identify infants most at risk for severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) illness could aid pediatricians in prioritizing children under 1 to receive a preventive medication before RSV season (October-April), according to...
- Thursday, April 18, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA new study shows that immunity after a COVID-19 booster lasts much longer than the primary series alone. These findings are among other, sometimes 'unintuitive,' revelations of how factors like age, sex and comorbidities do and don't...
- Thursday, April 18, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyThe first health impact study of coal train pollution centers on the San Francisco Bay Area, with scientists finding communities near passing coal trains suffer worse health outcomes.
- Wednesday, April 10, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyOne of the molecules responsible for triggering the inflammation that causes allergic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and allergic rhinitis, has just been discovered. This molecule, from the alarmin family, represents a therapeutic...
- Thursday, April 4, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyScientists have discovered a new cause for asthma that sparks hope for treatment that could prevent the life-threatening disease.
- Thursday, April 4, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyResearchers have made a breakthrough into how two chronic respiratory diseases in childhood affect the immune system, paving the way for better treatments.
- Wednesday, March 13, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyExposure to several combinations of toxic atmospheric pollutants may be triggering asthma symptoms among children, a recent analysis suggests. The study showed that 25 different combinations of air pollutants were associated with asthma...
- Wednesday, March 13, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyResearch finds a nearly 40% decline in the annual average concentration of respirable particulate matter (PM2.5) in Krakow, Poland, between 2010 and 2019 following the implementation of clean air policies. Air quality improvements...
- Tuesday, March 12, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA new study finds that pollution from oil and gas venting and flaring results in $7.4 billion in health damages, more than 700 premature deaths, and 73,000 asthma exacerbations among children annually. Researchers also conclude that...
- Tuesday, March 12, 2024 from Asthma News -- ScienceDailyA new study finds that policies to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from motor vehicles combined with investments in electric vehicles and public transportation would reduce air pollution and bring large benefits to children's...
