How to Relieve Asthma at Home

If you have asthma, you’re hardly alone; the disease is on the rise in most developed nations. Researchers think that one reason is that children are rarely exposed to the germs, insects, and just plain dirt that older generations rubbed elbow with, so their immune systems never learn to react appropriately to these essentially harmless substances. A combination of genes and environment leads to an overly sensitive airway that reacts to trigger like airborne pollutants, allergens, or cold air by releasing inflammatory chemicals that leads to swelling of the bronchial tubes in the lungs, often accompanied by extra mucus production.....

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Taking care of asthma: How to spot an attack and how to help

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), roughly 25 million Americans suffer from asthma — about one in every 12 people. Of those, roughly 7 million are children.....

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Lab-on-a-chip device to better diagnose asthma, tuberculosis

A novel low-cost lab-on-a-chip device to analyse sputum from patients with pulmonary diseases such as tuberculosis and asthma has been developed.
“To develop more accurate diagnosis and treatment approaches for patients with pulmonary diseases, we have to analyse sample cells directly from the lungs rather than by drawing blood,” said Tony Jun Huang, professor of engineering science and mechanics at Pennsylvania State University.....

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