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Researchers examine impact of Allies Against Asthma initiative on health care use
News-Medical.net The need for costly health care services was reduced in six low-income communities that had participated in a special initiative to improve pediatric asthma control, led by faculty and staff at the Center for Managing Chronic Disease at the University … |
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Researchers to target work-related asthma and cancer
HealthCanal.com Professor Fritschi, Head of the Epidemiology Group at WAIMR, said work-related asthma and cancer were ideal candidates for prevention, with clear opportunities for policy action. However, the limited data available on how many people were at risk of … |
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Researchers: BPA May Increase Chance Of Childhood Asthma
CBS Local “Exposure to BPA in early childhood in ages 3, 5, and 7 were associated with increased odds of wheeze and asthma at school age between 5 and 12,” says Dr. Kathleen Donohue of Columbia University's Center for Children's Environmental Health. |
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Researchers Look for Clues to Rising Child Asthma Rates in Urban Areas
The Green Optimistic (blog) Kid With Inhaler Researchers Look for Clues to Rising Child Asthma Rates in Urban Areas The rates of asthma in children in urban areas are growing. A study by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health have determined that … |
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 Daily News & Analysis |
Asthma cure discovered via leukaemia, say researchers
Indian Express A drug originally developed to treat leukaemia is effective in the prevention of asthma by targeting its causative mechanisms rather than just treating the symptoms, a new research has found. The research centres on the role played by two proteins in … New compound may prevent asthma |
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 Medical Daily |
Researchers Find a Way to Beat Asthma
Medical Daily Asthma is a long term disease that narrows the airways, according to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. The disease causes chest tightening, wheezing and coughing. In the U.S., about 25 million people suffer from asthma, of which at least 7 … An end to asthma attacks? Newcastle team makes asthma breakthrough |
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Researchers link fast food, severe asthma
Arizona Daily Star Teens who ate three or more weekly servings had a 39 percent increased chance of developing severe asthma, while younger children had a 27 percent higher risk, according to a study of 319,000 teens in 51 countries and 181,000 children ages 6 and 7 in … |
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 TopNews Arab Emirates |
Researchers Dig Deep Into Childhood Asthma
TopNews Arab Emirates Asthma A recent research has thrown light on how a simple genetic test could help exploring asthma treatment all the more. It has been claimed by the Brighton and Sussex Medical School and the University of Dundee after examining 62 children found with … Genetic tests could pave way to 'personalised' asthma drugs Test could help target asthma treatment Simple spit test `may help improve asthma care` |
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 The Courier |
Dundee University researchers help tailor asthma treatments
The Courier DUNDEE UNIVERSITY scientists have taken an important step towards tailored medicine for asthma sufferers after finding that children with the condition could be helped if they are tested for a specific gene. A team working with colleagues at Brighton … |
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Researchers Find Link Between Childhood Physical Abuse and Asthma in …
Sacramento Observer NATIONWIDE – Researchers have made a connection between childhood abuse suffered by African-American women and asthma which develops later in their lives. As part of the Black Women's Health Study at the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston … |
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