BACKGROUND: The risk of falling in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is higher than healthy people, imposing a great financial burden on patients due to clinical diagnosis and treatment. This study aimed to compare static bal...
BACKGROUND: To explore the clinical significance of serum interleukin-8 (IL-8) level as a biomarker for uncontrolled asthma in order to improve our understanding of asthma phenotypes and facilitate the development of new therapeutic agents in the fut...
BACKGROUND: The concentration of circulating catecholamine increases during exercise in healthy athletes, but the variation has not been studied much in athletes who develop exercise-induced bronchospasm. This study measured changes in circulating ca...
BACKGROUND: Borago officinalis and its derivatives are used in folk medicine to treat asthma because of its special effect on allergic disorders. It suppresses the tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and delivers gamma-linolenic acid. The objecti...