Asthma Linked To Congested Highways

BROOKLYN, N.Y., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, found that living near a heavily congested highway correlates with a higher presence of asthma...

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Simple diagnostic tool for asthma, COPD remains unknown: Survey

Spirometry, a dignostic tool for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains poorly utilised in clinical practice, with few people having even heard of it, a survey has found out. The survey conducted by Pune-based Chest Research Foundation across 24 cities in the country found that 89 per cent of people had never heard of spirometry, which is what a thermometer is for fever, a BP machine (sphygmomanometer) for Blood Pressure and a glucometer for blood sugar...

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Think Fungi in Cases of Poorly Controlled Asthma

SAN FRANCISCO – Underlying pulmonary fungal colonization or infection may be the reason that some children with severe asthma don’t respond fully to conventional treatments...

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