Asthma - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Clinical cough II: therapeutic treatments and management of chronic cough.

30 Dec 2008 Chronic cough is a common and frequently disruptive symptom which can be difficult to treat with currently available medicines. Asthma/eosinophilic airway disease and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease are most commonly associated with chronic cough ... Read more...

Associations between air pollution and peak expiratory flow among patients with persistent asthma.

30 Dec 2008 Responses of patients with persistent asthma to ambient air pollution may be different from those of general populations. For example, asthma medications may modify the effects of ambient air pollutants on peak expiratory flow (PEF). Few studies ... Read more...

Has the prevalence and severity of symptoms of asthma changed among children in New Zealand? ISAAC Phase Three.

15 Oct 2008 AIM: To investigate time trends in prevalence of symptoms of asthma by repeating, during 2001-3 (Phase Three), the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase One study that was conducted in New Zealand in 1992-3. ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Asthma'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Clinical cough II: therapeutic treatments and management of chronic cough. 30 Dec 2008
• Associations between air pollution and peak expiratory flow among patients with persistent asthma. 30 Dec 2008
• Has the prevalence and severity of symptoms of asthma changed among children in New Zealand? ISAAC Phase Three. 15 Oct 2008
• Mannose-binding lectin concentrations, MBL2 polymorphisms, and susceptibility to respiratory tract infections in young men. 13 Oct 2008
• Epigenetic studies should focus on specific cell types. 13 Oct 2008
• XCL1 enhances regulatory activities of CD4+ CD25(high) CD127(low/-) T cells in human allergic asthma. 13 Oct 2008
• Allergic pulmonary inflammation promotes the recruitment of circulating tumor cells to the lung. 13 Oct 2008
• The responses of alternative practitioners when approached about common childhood illnesses. Oct 2008
• Interpretation of the "positive" methacholine challenge. 29 Sep 2008
• Case-control study of clinical features of influenza in hospitalized patients. 29 Sep 2008
• New insights into airway remodelling in asthma and its possible modulation. 29 Sep 2008
• Challenges in asthma and allergy for the 21st Century. 29 Sep 2008
• Asthma in Latin America: the dawn of a new epidemic. 29 Sep 2008
• The Asian side of asthma and allergy. 29 Sep 2008
• Out of Africa: what can be learned from the studies of allergic disorders in Africa and Africans? 29 Sep 2008
• Breastfeeding and allergies: time for a change in paradigm? 29 Sep 2008
• Genes in asthma: new genes and new ways. 29 Sep 2008
• Bibliography. Current world literature. Genetics and epidemiology. 29 Sep 2008
• One death does not demonstrate causality. 29 Sep 2008
• Mediterranean diet is associated with reduced asthma and rhinitis in Mexican children. 29 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Asthma'

Definition: A form of bronchial disorder with three distinct components: airway hyper-responsiveness (RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY), airway INFLAMMATION, and intermittent AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. It is characterized by spasmodic contraction of airway smooth muscle, WHEEZING, and dyspnea (DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL).

Descriptor UI: D001249

Alternative terms: Asthma; Asthmas; Asthma, Bronchial; Bronchial Asthma;

Related Mesh Headings: Anti-Asthmatic Agents;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C08.127.108; C08.381.495.108; C08.674.095; C20.543.480.680.095;

Technical Notes: ASTHMA, CARDIAC see DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL is available; in historical literature consider indexing "phthisic" here; "phthisis" probably goes under TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY