74% patients know they are suffering from asthma: Study
A national survey conducted on 743 chest physicians reveals that patients do not know the "standard" (clinical) name of the respiratory disease they are suffering from.Like only 74% patients knew that they had asthma.

JAIPUR: A national survey conducted on 743 chest physicians reveals that patients do not know the "standard" (clinical) name of the respiratory disease they are suffering from. Like only 74% patients knew that they had asthma. The rest knew it by some other name which is not standard for the disease.....

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Biologics promise a new way to treat Asthma

Picture this: You are suffering from Asthma, and you are trying every possible treatment available to treat your Asthma which is becoming severe day by day. But still it seems like nothing is working for you. And  then a be therapy comes out of the blue, which promises to attack the main source of Asthma.....

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Reslizumab Positively Impacts the Quality of Life in Severe Asthma

Imagine if a study was showing such a mass amount of evidence supporting the safety of an investigational prescription for severe asthma that it had to be stopped early. It may be the best kind of problem to have.
Previous phase III trials have shown that reslizumab, an investigational IgG4/k humanized monoclonal antibody, improved lung function and reduced asthma exacerbations. Now Joshua Jacobs, MD, from Allergy and Asthma Clinical Research in Walnut Creek, California, and colleagues looked at the impact it makes on patients with severe asthma. The findings were presented in a poster session at the 2015 American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting (ACAAI 2015) in San Antonio, Texas.....

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