Lauren Chase Lauren Chase is on the Research team at GoodRx. You may be familiar with the most common avenues for accessing health insurance, like your employer, Medicaid, Medicare, or the individual health exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). But if you recently lost coverage through your employer, aged out of your parent’s...
Lauren Chase Lauren Chase is on the Research team at GoodRx. Posted on May 18, 2020 Key takeaways: Popular brand and generic rescue inhalers and maintenance inhalers are currently in shortage. Fills for all inhalers peaked the week of March 15 right after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, but they’ve since dropped — by more...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL – (MAY 12, 2020) – A good night’s sleep is crucial to good health. A new article in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) reveals that too little sleep, and occasionally too much sleep, can negatively impact adults with...
A cough may linger following a cold or the flu. After ruling out other issues, the doctor may diagnose a “post-viral cough.” Experts are unsure exactly why this happens, but there are a few possible causes. Keep reading for more information about a cough that continues after recovery from a viral infection such as the...
How to stop Types Causes of acute cough Causes of chronic cough Prevention When to see a doctor Summary There are several things a person can do that might help relieve a coughing attack. However, the best way to treat a cough is to tackle the underlying cause. Coughing is a symptom of many different...
Follow all of PopSci’s COVID-19 coverage here, including travel advice, pregnancy concerns, and the latest findings on the virus itself. COVID-19 has already killed more than 16,000 people in the United States alone. But the disease’s frequently mild symptoms have left people fretting over harmless colds, or even wondering if a panic attack might be...
Study by the University of Bonn proves success of a so-called ketogenic diet UNIVERSITY OF BONN Can a special diet help in certain cases of asthma? A new study at the University of Bonn at least points to this conclusion. According to the study, mice that were switched to a so-called ketogenic diet showed significantly...
TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have made a breakthrough that may eventually lead to improved therapeutic options for people living with asthma. The researchers have uncovered a critical role for a protein (Caspase-11), which had previously never been implicated in the disease. They report their findings today [Wednesday 26th February 2020] in...
By Rich Haridy | October 20, 2019 A novel study has for the first time detected significant accumulations of fatty tissue in airway walls of obese and overweight people. The new research suggests these fat accumulations could explain why overweight individuals are at higher risk of respiratory disease and asthma. “Being overweight or obese has already been linked to having asthma or having worse asthma symptoms,” explains Peter Noble,...
by Rostock University Patients with severe asthma which is not controlled with standard treatment—leaving them at risk of severe asthma attacks—could benefit from using a single inhaler combining three, instead of two therapies, according to two phase 3 randomized controlled trials with over 2,500 patients across 17 countries, published in The Lancet and simultaneously presented...
