Novel Sensor May Represent Key Advance in Asthma Diagnosis and Treatment

Scientists at Rutgers University say they have developed a graphene-based sensor that could lead to earlier detection of asthma attacks and improve the management of asthma and other respiratory diseases, and so prevent hospitalizations and deaths.
The sensor could eventually result in fitness trackers like the Fitbit, which people could wear and then know when and at what dosage to take their medication.....

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Doctor’s tips for managing asthma in children

May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness month, and were you aware that asthma is one of the most common, recurring childhood diseases – with close to 174,000 children diagnosed in New Jersey?
And, as the end of the school year approaches, I’m reminded that asthma is one of the leading causes of school absences – affecting more than 7 million children in the U.S. and close to 200,000 children in New Jersey.....

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Novel Monoclonal Antibody Cuts Steroid Use in Severe Asthma
Benralizumab reduced median oral steroid use by 75%

WASHINGTON -- The monoclonal antibody benralizumab helped patients with severe asthma reduce their need for oral glucocorticoid therapy, researchers reported here.
Two different benralizumab dosing regimens significantly reduced the median final oral glucocorticoid doses from baseline by 75% compared with a reduction of 25% in the placebo group, Parameswaran Nair, MD, PhD, of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and colleagues found. The results were published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine and here at the annual meeting of the American Thoracic Society.....

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