Posted on January - 10 - 2012
Jan. 6, 2012 — All asthma is not the same. As a result, a new study shows many people with asthma are not helped by corticosteroid medication prescribed to control their breathing problems.
The government-funded study is one of the largest to delve into the biology of asthma.
Researchers collected data on nearly 1,000 people with asthma who were enrolled in nine clinical trials sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Most of the studies followed patients over time and collected samples of mucus from the lower part of the lungs.
Researchers checked the samples for certain kinds of white blood cells, called eosinophils, that cause airway inflammation.
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Posted on January - 04 - 2012
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Posted on January - 04 - 2012
However, unlike women, relatively few men suffer any symptoms from this diminished production. Muscles do shrink with less testosterone around, and bones lose their strength. Sometimes erectile dysfunction is mentioned as a sign of testosterone deficiency.
If demonstrably low levels of testosterone are shown and men are having problems from muscle weakness or sexual performance, replacement therapy is a possible antidote.
I understand that you don’t want to take testosterone. I don’t think it would help you or rid you of your complaints. Night sweats, chills, sleeplessness and low-grade fever are not signs of a lack of testosterone. Those things can be signs of more serious conditions, like hidden infections and undetected cancers.
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