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Asthma is a common inflammatory disease affecting the airways that leads to shortness of breath, coughing and wheezing. Symptoms range from mild to severe but are generally manageable with appropriate treatment.

$31 million PCORI funding for AAFP and Penn State to study the effectiveness of asthma treatments

The American Academy of Family Physicians, in partnership with Penn State College of Medicine, has been approved for a $31 million funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to study the comparative effectiveness of asthma treatments.

26 Jul 2022

SLU and industry partners report the first effective drug to treat rare, genetic liver disease

Researchers at Saint Louis University's School of Medicine, in collaboration with Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals and Takeda Pharmaceuticals, report the first effective drug to treat a rare, genetic liver disease that formerly could only be treated with a liver transplant.

26 Jul 2022

COVID-19 related acute muscle loss linked to worse outcomes

Researchers investigate acute sarcopenia prevalence in COVID-19 patients and the outcomes of this complication.

25 Jul 2022

Using CRISPR technology to successfully prevent and treat SARS-CoV-2 infections

In what is believed to be a first, a research team led by Duke Health has demonstrated a way to use CRISPR technology to successfully prevent and treat COVID infections.

25 Jul 2022

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antibodies and pre-existing lung diseases may be independent predictors of long COVID

Researchers evaluated the incidence of long coronavirus disease (long COVID) in a demographically diverse population with different disease severities to inform clinicians and future vaccine development strategies.

21 Jul 2022

Hypertension linked to double the risk of severe COVID-19 despite booster vaccination

Having high blood pressure more than doubled a person's risk for hospitalization from an Omicron-variant COVID-19 infection - even despite full vaccination including a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccines, in an analysis of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 in Los Angeles between December 2021 and April 2022, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

20 Jul 2022

Racial discrimination may affect brain matter integrity through the stress system

Racial discrimination increases the risk for physical and mental illnesses, and Black women suffer from diseases at significantly higher rates than White women.

20 Jul 2022

Study: Air pollution responsible for 2,780 deaths and cognitive loss in children in Massachusetts

Air pollution remains a silent killer in Massachusetts, responsible for an estimated 2,780 deaths a year and for measurable cognitive loss in Bay State children exposed to fine particulate pollutants in the air they breathe, according to a new study by researchers at Boston College's Global Observatory on Planetary Health.

18 Jul 2022

The impact of glucocorticoid therapy on immune responses to COVID-19 vaccination or infection in rituximab-treated patients with autoimmune disorders

Researchers examined immune reactions to SARS-CoV-2)among B cell-depleted autoimmune patients who concomitantly administered glucocorticoids.

18 Jul 2022

Boost now or wait? Many wonder how best to ride out covid’s next wave

Gwyneth Paige didn't want to get vaccinated against covid-19 at first. With her health issues — hypertension, fibromyalgia, asthma — she wanted to see how other people fared after the shots. Then her mother got colon cancer.

18 Jul 2022

Low rate of COVID-19 vaccination among high-risk pregnant women

A new study examines the feelings of pregnant women towards the COVID-19 vaccine.

17 Jul 2022

New tool uses existing EHR data to identify avoidable hospital transfers of nursing home residents

The Avoidable Transfer Scale, an innovative tool that uses data commonly included in a nursing home resident's electronic health record to identify and characterize potentially avoidable hospitalizations, highlights issues that can be handled in the nursing home itself.

15 Jul 2022

Kids want to put Montana on trial for unhealthy climate policies

For her birthday every October, Grace Gibson-Snyder and her family explore the Lamar Valley just inside the northern border of Yellowstone National Park.

14 Jul 2022

Children born to mothers with PCOS have increased risk of developing childhood illnesses

Children born to mothers with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have an increased risk of developing infections, allergies and other childhood illnesses by the age of 13, according to the largest study to investigate this.

14 Jul 2022

Lipids in breastmilk may protect against metabolic disease later in life

A new study examines the lipid content in breastmilk and its association with NCDs later in life.

13 Jul 2022

A large, observational, household-based, remote cohort study of SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in households with children

Researchers designed a cohort-based surveillance study to identify risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection and its household transmission among children and individuals with asthma and allergic diseases.

13 Jul 2022

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$31 million PCORI funding for AAFP and Penn State to study the effectiveness of asthma treatments

SLU and industry partners report the first effective drug to treat rare, genetic liver disease

COVID-19 related acute muscle loss linked to worse outcomes

Using CRISPR technology to successfully prevent and treat SARS-CoV-2 infections

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antibodies and pre-existing lung diseases may be independent predictors of long COVID

Hypertension linked to double the risk of severe COVID-19 despite booster vaccination

Racial discrimination may affect brain matter integrity through the stress system

Study: Air pollution responsible for 2,780 deaths and cognitive loss in children in Massachusetts

The impact of glucocorticoid therapy on immune responses to COVID-19 vaccination or infection in rituximab-treated patients with autoimmune disorders

Boost now or wait? Many wonder how best to ride out covid’s next wave

Low rate of COVID-19 vaccination among high-risk pregnant women

New tool uses existing EHR data to identify avoidable hospital transfers of nursing home residents

Kids want to put Montana on trial for unhealthy climate policies

Children born to mothers with PCOS have increased risk of developing childhood illnesses

Lipids in breastmilk may protect against metabolic disease later in life

A large, observational, household-based, remote cohort study of SARS-CoV-2 infection and transmission in households with children

Pregnant women at increased risk of COVID-19 severity

Researchers discover the first effective drug to treat rare, genetic liver disease

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