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Pregnant women with asthma can be more confident about some medicines
Women can usually keep using the same asthma drugs they were using before they got pregnant. Budesonide sprays are the best studied and can be regarded as safe.   view more (2008-12-03)

Pregnant women with asthma can be more confident about some medicines
Women can usually keep using the same asthma drugs they were using before they got pregnant. Budesonide sprays are the best studied and can be regarded as safe.   view more (2008-12-04)

ICS most effective for persistent asthma in children
While both inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRA) have been proven to help control mild-to-moderate persistent asthma in school-age children, a new study shows ICS may be the more effective treatment.   view more (2006-01-11)

FORMOTEROL BETTER THAN TERBUTALINE FOR CONTROL OF SEVERE ASTHMA (p 257)
The drug formoterol could be more effective than terbutaline in controlling moderate to severe asthma in patients when used as a rescue therapy in addition to inhaled corticosteroids, conclude the authors of a study published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Asthma guidelines recommend that longacting inhaled beta-agonists should be used as... view more... (2001-01-24)

New breathing exercises help manage asthma
A presentation that demonstrates breathing exercises designed to help reduce the use of asthma inhalers is today available to the general public for free from the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Asthma and Airways website.   view more (2008-05-28)

$2.9 million Australian study AMAZES asthma researchers
Researchers in the Hunter region are poised to begin the biggest asthma study of its type in the world.   view more (2008-10-16)

Inhaled Steroids Could Be New Option For Treating Mild Asthma (p 1071)
Results of a large international study in this week's issue of THE LANCET provide strong evidence that inhaled steroids could substantially reduce illness associated with mild asthma. Previous research has not established whether steroids could be effective in controlling mild asthma, mainly because people with moderate disease symptoms were... view more... (2003-03-26)

Wheezing and asthma in young children
The diagnosis of asthma in a young child may well be more challenging to pediatricians than previously appreciated, according to a review of research and clinical experience literature by Howard Eigen, M.D., of the Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Hospital for Children appearing in the October 2008 issue of Clinical Pediatrics.   view more (2008-10-08)

Women with asthma feel worse
Women with asthma are more anxious, find it harder to sleep and are more tired during the day than their male counterparts, but nevertheless tend to be better at following their treatment.   view more (2009-11-10)

Survey shows asthma not controlled in majority of patients
A survey of 1,812 patients with moderate-to-severe asthma revealed that the disease was not controlled in 55 percent, despite the fact that most had health insurance and visited their health care providers regularly.   view more (2007-05-31)

Novel asthma inhaler shortlisted for award
A novel asthma inhaler invented by Dr Ray Bacon of the University's Medical and Bioengineering Group, based at the Southampton General Hospital, has been shortlisted for this year's Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award.   view more (1998-09-04)

Management of asthma during pregnancy can optimize health of mother and baby
Pregnant women with asthma, the most common condition affecting the lungs during pregnancy, should actively manage their asthma in order to optimize the health of mother and the baby, according to new management recommendations published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.   view more (2009-04-30)

Adults with asthma not getting their flu shots
Because of increased risk of complications from influenza, vaccination of adults and children with asthma is recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.   view more (2009-06-22)

Handling pesticides associated with greater asthma risk in farm women
New research on farm women has shown that contact with some commonly used pesticides in farm work may increase their risk of allergic asthma.   view more (2007-12-28)

Children's asthma affected by parental expectations
Asthmatic children whose parents have high expectations for their ability to function normally are less likely to have symptoms than other children dealing with the condition, according to a new study.   view more (2008-10-06)

Colds flourish in damp homes
People living in damp homes are likely to have four or more colds a year, suggests a study in Thorax. Over 10 500 first year students in Finland responded to a questionnaire about living conditions and levels of asthma, allergy, and respiratory infections. Dampness was assessed by visible evidence of mould and water stains and/or water damage... view more... (2001-05-16)

EXPOSURE TO CATS CAN INDUCE ASTHMA TOLERANCE (p 752)
Children exposed to cat allergens at home can produce an immune response without developing asthma, report authors of a study in this week’s issue of THE LANCET. However, in some children, exposure to cat allergens remains the highest single risk factor for asthma. Although asthma is strongly associated with immediate hypersensitivity to... view more... (2001-03-07)

Asthma a significant risk factor for complications in children with H1N1
A new study on pediatric H1N1 influenza admissions has found that asthma is a significant risk factor for severe disease in children with pandemic H1N1 compared with the seasonal flu.   view more (2009-11-20)

Domestic cleaners at increased risk of asthma
Domestic cleaners are at increased risk of asthma, suggests research in Thorax. In industrialised countries asthma is the most common lung disease acquired in the workplace, and is thought to account for up to 20% of all cases in adults. Researchers randomly surveyed around 5000 women between the ages of 30 and 65 in an area of metropolitan... view more... (2003-10-24)

Be a control freak: Allergists outline new focus for asthmatics
A Mayo Clinic allergist and colleagues representing the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology announce they are revising the old classification of asthma patients by disease severity to determine treatment and moving to a new expectation for all asthma patients.   view more (2005-10-25)
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