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The reduction of harmful ground-level ozone across most of the U.S. over the past several decades has been an air pollution success story. But in some parts of the country, especially in the heavily populated mountain valleys of the West, the odorless, colorless gas has remained stubbornly difficult to reduce to safe levels. Meanwhile, a […]
A 1-hour treatment with a low concentration of nitrous oxide, commonly known as “laughing gas,” appears to relieve symptoms of treatment-resistant major depression (TRMD), with effects lasting as long as several weeks, new research suggests. In a trial with a crossover design, investigators randomly assigned 28 patients with severe TRMD to receive a single 1-hour […]
Results from the VOYAGE study of dupilumab (Dupixent) showed that the monoclonal antibody significantly reduced exacerbations in children ages 6-11 with uncontrolled moderate-to-severe asthma, compared to placebo, according to research presented at the ATS 2021 International Conference. VOYAGE (NCT02948959) is a recently completed randomized, placebo-controlled double-blind multicenter phase 3 clinical trial, that took place in […]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Over the past three decades, anthropogenic climate change has contributed to making pollen seasons in North America both longer and more severe, researchers in the U.S. report. Across the continent, pollen seasons advanced by 20 days and lengthened by eight days on average, and pollen concentrations rose by 21%, the […]
Note: This article first appeared on 7. June 2017 and was published in the occasion of an Ambrosia-warning again. According to birch, hazel and grasses, many Allergy sufferers have in this country is already set, that they are tortured every year from the Pollen of new, immigrant species. In the case of the already hated […]
German scientists have isolated from the larvae of a parasite, an anti-inflammatory substance that may help asthmatics. The effectiveness could even be better than the cortisone-containing medication. The larvae of the parasite Heligmosomoides heligmosomoides bakeri can only develop in the intestinal mucosa of rodents. The larvae need to trick the immune system of the host, […]
What should people with Asthma and allergies now People with a pollen Allergy have it in the spring is difficult: symptoms such as constant Sneezing, coughing and a runny nose are annoying and uncomfortable. Also other allergies, for example dust or animal hair that can cause these symptoms. Asthma and allergic Asthma affect the respiratory […]
Jayne Torvill’s ice skating prowess took the world by storm when she won a gold medal at the1984 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics, alongside her ice skating partner Christopher Dean. Her elegance and years of experience made her the perfect addition on ITV’s Dancing On Ice, a show that […]
Around 1,000 children with asthma are being treated at the Medisch Spectrum Twente. Young asthma patients visit the hospital for their check-ups three times a year on average. But that is a thing of the past at MST. Boony Thio, who is a pediatric pulmonologist at MST says, “We can now offer a good quality […]
DR ELLIE CANNON: Asthma makes me wheezy… so how can I get fit? I suffer with severe asthma and I use a steroid inhaler to keep it under control. My doctor says I am overweight so I need to do exercise to keep my weight down. The only problem is that I get terribly out […]