by William Jester | May 30, 2022 | News
Please read Dr. Panettieri’s article in Science Translational Medicine titled, “Steroid-induced fibroblast growth factors drive an epithelial-mesenchymal inflammatory axis in severe asthma.” Inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) are the mainstay controller...
by William Jester | May 29, 2022 | Community, News
Two drugs are better than one when it comes to stopping asthma attacks in progress, a new clinical trial has found. The study, of more than 3,100 asthma patients, found that a two-drug “rescue” inhaler worked better than a standard inhaler in thwarting...
by William Jester | May 28, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
Her path into nursing was almost preordained. For Curstine Guevarra, it’s been a calling since childhood. “My parents are nurses. My aunts. My uncles. Their spouses. And everyone else basically related to us are nurses — even my cousins,” the 22-year-old Westwood...
by William Jester | May 27, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
Hazmat suit-clad workers spraying clouds of disinfectant over city streets, building fronts, park benches and even parcels have become a common sight in pandemic-era China. In Shanghai, the epicenter of the country’s largest outbreak, state media report that thousands...
by William Jester | May 26, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
It might not look like much — a plastic box that fits in the hand, with tiny tubes jutting out the top and bottom. Too simple to be cutting edge. Too humble to save so many lives. But for 20 years, researchers in Robert Prud’homme’s lab have fine-tuned this little box...
