Every breath tells a story for asthma patients

SOUTHLAKE — At the Texas Regional Asthma and Allergy Center in Southlake, every breath tells a story.
Robert Leavitt says his asthma is out of control.
A machine in the office uses fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) to measure airway inflammation, the major cause of asthma. The amount of nitric oxide in exhaled breath shows if airways are inflamed.....

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Molecule Does Double Duty in Stopping Asthma Attacks

Feb. 27, 2013 — Scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital are on the brink of the next treatment advancement that may spell relief for the nearly nineteen million adults and seven million children in the United States suffering from asthma. The scientists discovered two new drug targets in the inflammatory response pathway responsible for asthma attacks.....

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Academy of Allergy & Asthma in Primary Care Provides a Voice for PCPs for Allergy and Asthma Care and Prevention

WASHINGTON — The Academy of Allergy & Asthma in Primary Care (AAAPC)™, officially launched today as a voice for primary care physicians who provide testing and treatment access to the millions of patients who suffer from seasonal and perennial allergies. The AAAPC mission is to foster the ability of physicians to provide high quality, patient accessible diagnostic and therapeutic allergy and asthma care. AAAPC will be a voice for physicians and patients using allergy and asthma diagnostic and therapeutic services to raise awareness of the link between allergy care and asthma prevention, particularly in pediatric and family practice populations.....

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