Adults with asthma residing in impoverished and more racially diverse geographic areas within Allegheny County may be susceptible to increased asthma severity or less likely… Read more
Category: asthma
Engaging Communities to Understand How Environment and Social Factors Affect Pregnancy
At 10 p.m. on April 20, 2010, an explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon oil well drilling off the coast of Louisiana, killing 11 workers and injuring 17 others. As… Read more
Better Care for Babies Born Prematurely is within Reach, Pitt Study Hints
Every year, nearly half a million babies in the United States are born prematurely. Tiny infants whose lungs are too fragile to sustain normal breathing… Read more
Restoring Balance to ‘Stressed Out’ Airway Cells: Pitt Public Health Scientists Describe Biological Pathway in Most Common Type of Asthma
Our cells are in a constant struggle of life and death – and, when things go smoothly, that balance is maintained and we don’t have… Read more
Inhibiting Certain Protein in Severe Asthma Patients Could Improve Treatment
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates that around 25 million Americans have asthma. Of those, around 90 to 95 percent are considered to have… Read more