Hey, there's an app for that: Asthma attack risk covers much of Louisville

Experts have known for years that air pollution can cause asthma attacks and send people to the emergency room for treatment.
But a new high-tech study in Louisville to be made public Wednesday went a step further: It used information from inhalers linked to smartphones and meshed it with a vast store of data on outdoor conditions to identify the city's riskiest neighborhoods for people with asthma.
Western Louisville has long had a reputation for the city's poorest air quality, and the Air Louisville study found areas west of Interstate 65 to have the highest overall risk of asthma symptoms and attacks.....

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New breathing test could help prevent asthma attacks in children

Researchers at the University of Aberdeen will study whether using an asthma breathing test can help prevent asthma attacks in children.
The study will use a breath test which monitors their nitric oxide levels to help guide their asthma treatment.
The researchers have been awarded funding by an NIHR and MRC partnership to investigate.
Everybody produces nitric oxide (NO) but people who have asthma produce more of it.
Doctors have previously measured asthma sufferers' NO levels to establish if they need more or less medication, but found that NO measurement was not useful.....

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Scottish study aims to cut childern’s asthma attacks

Scottish children with asthma will be among those trialling a new breathing test to see whether it can help prevent asthma attacks in youngsters. Researchers at Aberdeen University will evaluate children using the test which monitors their nitric oxide (NO) levels. Everyone produces NO, but asthma sufferers produce more. Approximately 368,000 people in Scotland have asthma, including 72,000 children. Doctors previously measured the levels in asthma sufferers to establish if they need more or less medication, but found the measurement was not useful.....

Read more here: scotsman.com