POSTS TAGGED AS asthma

Inflammatory Protein Linked to Severe Asthma

LJI researchers find missing piece of the asthma puzzle
“An inflammatory molecule called LIGHT, appears to be the cause of life-threatening [MORE]

A Urine Test for Precision Asthma Diagnosis

Urine test for asthma
“Researchers at the Karolinska Institute (KI) in Sweden have developed a non-invasive urine-based test that can identify [MORE]

AI in Monitoring Self-Dosing

Assessing medication self-administration using AI
Computer/artificial intelligence researchers at MIT “present a contactless and unobtrusive artificial intelligence (AI) framework that can [MORE]

Urine Test for Asthma

Urine testing for asthma
Using mass spectrometry, a research group headed at the Karolinska Institutet has been able to sort out [MORE]

Allergy Testing from a Nasal Swab

Nasal swab testing
From the Technical University of Munich: “. . .  we present the first study to assess whole patterns [MORE]

IgE Isolator for Asthma

Asthma Treatment
Asthma and allergy sufferers present higher levels of blood immunoglobulin E when exposed to a chemical trigger. Occasionally, this [MORE]

Asthma Breathalyzer that Measures Nitric Oxide

Spirometrix Fenom
Spirometrix (Pleasanton, CA) has received the European Union’s CE mark of approval for its “Fenom Pro Point-of-Care Breathalyzer” to [MORE]

Breath Analysis via Smart Phone

Breath analysis has been a compelling research field for about 50 years—though moving slowly because of difficulties in identifying individual [MORE]

Wireless Monitoring and Feedback Device/Software for Managing Asthma

Attaching Sensor
This page is a commercial site for a Madison, WI start up, “Asthmapolis,” which has developed a [MORE]

Wireless Monitoring and Feedback Device/Software for Managing Asthma

This page is a commercial site for a Madison, WI start up, “Asthmapolis,” which has developed a device [MORE]

Biodegradable Nanoparticles Deliver Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

A multicenter research group in New York and Boston has shown that an anti-inflammatory peptide called “Ac2-26,” can be [MORE]

Smartphone Spirometer for Lung Health

Spiro Smart
Based on sound waves during breathing, engineers at the University of Washington have shown that a smartphone’s microphone can [MORE]

Housing and Health

Insurer Aetna estimates the average cost of a hospital ER visit for asthma to be around $6,000.  With that [MORE]

Breath Analysis for Diseases

Breathlink System
According to Dr. Raed Dweik at the Cleveland Clinic, “there are clear signatures in the breath for liver [MORE]