Age of Asthma Onset May Affect Future Symptoms

Millions of Americans are affected by asthma. New information on how the age of onset can affect future symptoms may help to improve treatment.
A recent study found that people who developed asthma between 5 and 9 years old had the fewest number of symptoms, attacks and emergency room visits, compared to people who developed asthma before the age of 1 who reported having symptoms the most often and intensely.....

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Cambridge role in MedImmune asthma treatment

Work by MedImmune scientists in the Cambridge UK medical technology cluster has contributed to the development of a potential new treatment for severe asthma.
MedImmune’s parent company, AstraZeneca, today announced the start of a Phase III programme for a powerful antibody branded benralizumab.....

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Asthma Puts Damper on a Sex Life

(NewsFix) Asthma not only can be a cumbersome problem to deal with day in and day out, it can also kill a romantic mood.
Research suggests asthma can erode a person’s sex life. Researchers at the Harlem Lung University at Columbia University in New York City polled 353 adult asthma patients. Nearly half said asthma caused problems during sex; 34 percent said asthma didn’t interfere with their sex lives, and 19 percent said they were not sexually active.....

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