Whatchu lookin' at? Hay fever and asthma badges help clear the virus-clouded air
Badges indicating that their holders have asthma or hay fever are proving popular in Japan amid the COVID-19 outbreak as more people face uncomfortable stares when coughing on trains or in other public places. Badges indicating that their holders have asthma or hay fever such ...
Health ministry urges smoking ban for restaurants, other indoor spaces
A health ministry panel on Wednesday called for a ban on smoking indoors in public spaces, including restaurants. In a report, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry linked passive smoking to a range of deadly diseases, saying designated smoking spaces only harbor the problem rather ...
Scientists find potential way to treat cold-triggered asthma
British scientists have identified a sequence of biological events that could trigger life-threatening asthma attacks in people suffering from colds — a finding that holds the potential for developing more effective medicines. In a study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the researchers found ...
Tsukuba team uncovers asthma-intestine mechanism
A team of researchers from the University of Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture has found a mechanism in which bad bacteria within mice intestines exacerbates asthma, fueling hope it can lead to a treatment for asthma in humans. The team, headed by Akira Shibuya, a professor ...
Allergy researchers target nighttime 'clock gene' activation
Researchers from Yamanashi University's faculty of medicine have found that severe allergic symptoms at night and in the morning may be caused by high activation of genes in the mast cells during those hours. The research group led by Atsuhito Nakao, a professor in the ...
Getting regular exercise and eating fresh vegetables can ease the symptoms of asthma, the National Center for Global Health and Medicine has reported. It is the first time that a healthy lifestyle — rather than a drug treatment — has been reported to control the ...
