'FitBit of asthma' could save thousands of lives every year
Aerobit transforms inhalers into smart devices, connecting them to a mobile app and reminding patients to take their medication

Asthma kills three people in the UK every day, but a Manchester-based entrepreneur believes his device could save thousands of lives.
CEO of Aerobit Ali Moiyed has battled the condition most of his life and decided to do something as his seven-year-old daughter Ruqaiyya is also a sufferer.
Asthma kills 250,000 worldwide every year, but the 40-year-old says 75 per cent of these deaths are avoidable.....

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Breathing Exercises For Asthma Relief & Stronger Lungs

Medical professionals are big on encouraging exercise as a way to improve heart function while also strengthening muscles for overall health.
So why wouldn’t similar exercises apply to people living with asthma?
There are breathing exercises that, like aerobic exercises, can strengthen the lungs to relieve asthma symptoms or, in some cases, even prevent the recurrence of asthma attacks.....

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Scientists discover peptide that could reduce the incidence of RSV-related asthma
New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that a peptide developed to inhibit a key regulator of asthma responses reduces development of inflammation and 'twitchy' airways in mice

A research report published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that it may one-day be possible to reduce the incidence of asthma related to infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Specifically, the researchers found that a peptide, called STAT6-IP, when delivered to the lungs of neonatal mice at the time of first RSV exposure reduces the development of allergic-type lung inflammation and airway hyperresponsiveness ("twitchy" airways) in mice when they are "re-challenged" with RSV as young adults.....

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