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Advances in Pemphigus Therapy
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The pemphigus variants represent a group of potentially life-threatening autoimmune mucocutaneous blistering diseases. While systemic corticosteroids remain the treatment of choice for pemphigus, new treatment options are emerging.
Skin Therapy Letter
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Aspirin May Prevent New-Onset Asthma in Women
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Low-dose aspirin reduced the incidence of adult-onset asthma in a large clinical trial in healthy women, investigators at Harvard Medical School report in the June issue of Thorax. Reuters Health Information
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Patients With Milder Asthma Less Likely to Adhere to Inhaled Corticosteroids
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Primary nonadherence to inhaled corticosteroids among patients with asthma is common and is associated with lower baseline rescue medication use, researchers report. This may reflect lower perceived need for inhaled steroids among patients with milder asthma, they report in the November issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Reuters Health Information
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