Studies have shown that anywhere between 50 and 90 percent of patients with asthma experience some aspect of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). But does GERD cause asthma or does asthma cause GERD? Researchers at Duke University Medical Center appear to have found support for the first scenario - that GERD may drive the development of asthma.
Working with laboratory mice, Dr. Shu Lin, an assistant professor of surgery and immunology at Duke, discovered that when mice inhaled tiny...
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A recent news article states: "Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is associated with behavior problems in children with asthma, researchers... Read more »
Life for asthmatics has improved incrementally since the first asthma guidelines were created in 1989. Doctors are now better equipped to... Read more »
When I was a kid and my asthma struck I'd often open my window, set my elbows on the window sill, my face up to the screen, and inhale the... Read more »
As far back as 400 B.C. Hippocrates observed that asthma tends to run in families. Starting in the 1990s scientists started discovering... Read more »
Read the full text of Kid Asthmatics Love Their Respiratory Therapists and leave a comment! Read all of Rick Frea's Posts Visit Respiratory... Read more »
Sometimes thing go full circle. Or is it full square, when you occasionally get stuck in a corner of life? Circle or square, the center of my... Read more »
British researchers say they've discovered how changes in the airways leads to chronic asthma. Experts say that asthma symptoms cause smooth muscle... Read more »
Women who use oral contraceptives may have an increased risk of asthma—particularly if they are overweight, a new study has found. Scandinavian... Read more »
Scottish researchers have discovered a gene mutation that causes two-thirds of eczema cases and one-quarter of asthma cases. The mutation prevents... Read more »
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