|
|
Other links at Articles > Allergy and Clinical Immunology |
| 1. |
Lung Function During Asthma Attacks Worsened by Obesity
|
|
|
In asthma patients, dynamic hyperinflation following methacholine challenge is greater in obese individuals than in their nonobese counterparts, which helps explain why asthma is perceived to be more severe in patients with a higher body mass index (BMI), investigators in New Zealand report. Reuters Health Information
|
| 2. |
Castle Connolly "Top Doctors" Ratings
|
|
|
John Connolly, EdD, President and CEO of Castle Connolly, New York, NY, explains how to find "the best doctors."
The Medscape Journal of Medicine
|
| 3. |
Nitrative Stress Tied to Refractory Asthma
|
|
|
Nitrative stress in the form of highly reactive nitrogen species (RNSs) may play a role in the pathogenesis of refractory asthma, physicians in Japan report. Reuters Health Information
|
| 5. |
Adolescent Meningococcal Vaccination Expensive but Worthwhile
|
|
|
A meningococcal vaccination strategy involving a catch-up campaign followed by routine annual vaccination for 11- to 17-year-olds with the newly-licensed quadrivalent conjugate vaccine would require considerable expenditure, but would have a substantial impact on meningococcal disease burden, Georgia-based researchers report in the January issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information
|
|
|
