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The 15-Minute Visit: Difficult-to-control asthma Mary is a 42-year-old woman with a 3-year history of asthma. She is rarely free of wheezing, despite multiple courses of oral corticosteroids and antibiotics for acute bronchitis. For the last few weeks, she has been coughing at night and using her rescue inhaler of albuterol more frequently, sometimes twice a day. On her own, Mary doubled the dose of her inhaled corticosteroid, without much change in her symptoms. She has been reluctant to go to her physician, fearing he might recommend that she get rid of her new cat.
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Drugs for sinusitis may cut off nose to spite face The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) and the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) recently updated their practice parameter, "The diagnosis and management of sinusitis," for the first time since it was originally released in 1998.
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New biologic helps those with PI help themselves Until now, patients with primary immunodeficiency (PI) were treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) infusions, which were inconvenient and associated with serious adverse side effects, such as migraine headaches.
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Toll-like receptors: Inflammation's missing link Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are type I transmembrane PRRs that are now known to be essential in the recognition of the pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) that are unique to microbes.
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