Insomnia triples the risk of asthma, say scientists

Sleepless nights can bring on asthma in adulthood - more than trebling the risk among chronic insomniacs, according to new research.
And those who struggle to nod off most nights are more than twice as likely to develop the potentially fatal lung condition.
The risk rises by two-thirds among those who regularly have difficulty falling asleep, according to the study of almost 18,000 adults.
Insomnia is on the rise in the UK with up to half of Britons enduring it at some time - making them among the most sleep deprived people in the world.....

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Children with asthma more likely to have kidney stones than children without asthma: Cleveland Clinic study

CLEVELAND: Kidney stones are four-times more likely to occur in children with asthma than children without asthma, according to a new Cleveland Clinic study published online in the medical journal, PLOS ONE.
Similarly, the study found that asthma is four-times more likely to occur in children with kidney stones than children without stones. This is the first study of its kind to find an association between asthma and kidney stone formation.....

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Scientists discover peptide that could reduce the incidence of RSV-related asthma
A peptide developed to inhibit a key regulator of asthma responses reduces development of inflammation and 'twitchy' airways in mice

Researchers have 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.....

Read more here: sciencedaily.com