Device Tested That Zaps Asthmatic Airways
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In a radical experiment, doctors are snaking wires inside the lungs of asthma patients to essentially burn off some of the tissue that blocks their ability to breathe.
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Medical scientists are using bloodsucking, parasitic worms to treat patients with asthma.
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Parents of children with asthma may have good intentions, but they often miss the mark when targeting triggers that set off their children's asthma, researchers report.
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A review of safety data raises questions about the reliability of the heart zappers that hang on the walls of airports, shopping malls and health clubs.
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Experts say the new experimental fabric device that helps weak hearts pump more efficiently could fill a gap for people who are not helped by drugs or pacemakers.
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NEW YORK  - The pressurized metered-dose  inhalers familiar to people with asthma and other respiratory  problems are frequently not used in the right way, and this is  also the case with the newer dry powder inhalers, Italian  researchers report.
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A device that automatically detects early symptoms of congestive heart failure has been implanted in patients in the United States this month for the first time.
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British scientists have found a link which could explain why obese people are up to twice as likely to have asthma, they said Tuesday.
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A device that reads electricity radiated by the brain and translates it into action has been developed by scientists at the New York State Department of Health and the State University of New York.
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A vaccine made with synthetic pieces of bacterial DNA has been shown in animal studies not only to stop asthma in its tracks but also to reverse the lung damage caused by the disease, according to California scientists.
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Ordinary household products like bleach, carpet cleaners and paint strippers can cause asthma in children.
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A new laser analyzer might be able  to help doctors detect cancer, asthma or other diseases by  sampling a patient's breath, U.S. researchers reported on  Tuesday.
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Here's the latest buzz on detecting explosives: bomb-sniffing bees.
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NEW YORK  - Blasting music can be hard on  the ears and the neighbors, and now researchers say it can also  pack enough punch to collapse a lung.
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NEW YORK  - Most people with uncontrolled  asthma can achieve good control over their disease using a  combination of the inhaled steroid fluticasone and the  long-acting beta-2-agonist salmeterol, according to a study  supported by GlaxoSmithKline R&D Limited.
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arents of children with asthma often try to rid their homes of the things that can set off wheezing or coughing spells: furry pets, dust mites, secondhand smoke and plant pollen.
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Watching a child struggle to breathe during an asthma attack is frightening for any parent. So it is only natural that most moms and dads will try just about anything - including spending a lot of money â-o keep an attack at bay.