FDA approves Nucala for severe asthma in adolescents, adults

The FDA approved Nucala for use with other asthma medicines for the maintenance treatment of asthma among patients aged 12 years and older.
“This approval offers patients with severe asthma an additional therapy when current treatments cannot maintain adequate control of their asthma,” Badrul Chowdhury, MD, PhD, director of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Rheumatology Products in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a press release.....

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ATK: Pepper spray can have deadly effect on asthma sufferers

The Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) has declared that when pepper spray is used against those suffering from asthma it can have life-threatening effects, a daily reported on Thursday.
Upon a January request from the Yalova High Criminal Court, which is overseeing the case of a 31-year-old man who died after being exposed to pepper spray used by the police, the ATK conducted a study of whether or not pepper spray can be deadly for asthma patients.....

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Link between gut bacteria, asthma and anorexia

DietDoc explains how the use of beneficial microorganisms could be a treatment option to prevent anorexia nervosa or to alleviate some of the negative symptoms of patients when they have an eating disorder.....

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