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Steroids Not as Effective in Overweight Asthma Patients Researchers at National Jewish Health have shown that glucocorticoids, the primary controller medication for asthma, are 40 percent less effective in overweight and obese asthma patients than in those of normal weight.
Monitoring Nitric Oxide Does Not Improve on Guidelines-Based Asthma Management New research, which will be published in the Sept. 20 issue of The Lancet, indicates that adolescent and young adult patients whose asthma is managed according to the latest NIH guidelines do not benefit from the addition of nitric-oxide monitoring.
Mother's Diet Alters DNA Methylation, Risk of Allergic Asthma A pregnant mouse’s diet can induce epigenetic changes that increase the risk her offspring will develop allergic asthma, according to researchers at National Jewish Health and Duke University Medical Center.
Critical Factors in Lymphoma Development and Survival Discovered Researchers at National Jewish Medical and Research Center have discovered an important factor in the development of B-cell lymphomas, one of the fastest growing forms of cancer. The B-cell receptor on the surface of B cells can cooperate with the MYC oncogene to accelerate the development of lymphomas.
Who Benefits from Singulair? Girls and children exposed to tobacco smoke respond particularly well to montelukast (Singulair).
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Monitoring Nitric Oxide Does Not Improve on Guidelines-Based Asthma Management New research, which will be published in the Sept. 20 issue of The Lancet, indicates that adolescent and young adult patients whose asthma is managed according to the latest NIH guidelines do not benefit from the addition of nitric-oxide monitoring.
Simple Test Detects Major Lung Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, yet the National Institutes of Health estimates that 12 million people with the disease don’t even know they have it. A simple test, called spirometry can help diagnose COPD. Free spirometry tests will be offered on four dates in December at select SmartCare Family Medical Centers.
New Tool Helps Children Get Asthma Under Control A simple, new questionnaire can identify children with poorly controlled asthma who needlessly suffer asthma symptoms that limit their daily activities. National Jewish pediatrician Andy Liu, M.D., recently described the development of the test and research demonstrating its validity and clinical utility.
Don’t Limit Diet Because of Unfounded Food-Allergy Fears Many people unnecessarily avoid certain foods because of mistaken fears about food allergies. Pediatric allergist David Fleischer, M.D., offers advice for accurately diagnosing food allergies.
Simple Test Can Help Detect Common Lung Disease If you are a smoker or former smoker you should have a simple lung-function test, called spirometry. Spirometry can help detect chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a disease caused primarily by smoking tobacco and the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.