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A family dog could keep your kids from getting asthma
io9 Animals get a hard rap when it comes to cleaning. They trigger allergies, leave fuzz everywhere, and gleefully destroy furniture. Now it looks like having them … Risk For Asthma Lowered In Children With Dogs [Study] |
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Feds Seek To Reduce Disparities In Childhood Asthma Rates
Kaiser Family Foundation By David Schultz What do agriculture, transportation and justice have to do with childhood asthma? More than you think. Federal public health officials today announced a new inter-agency task force designed to eliminate the racial and ethnic gap among … Obama administration task force announces coordinated action plan to address … |
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Asthma Prevalence Up 15% Since 2001
Family Practice News Digital Network Asthma prevalence in the United States rose from 7.3% in 2001 to 8.4% in 2010, an increase of 15%, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics. The number of asthma-related visits to physician offices and hospital outpatient … |
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Remembering Brennan: Roswell Family Promotes Asthma Awareness After Death of …
Patch.com Tim and Sarah Passons hope to raise awareness about asthma after the sudden death of their 11-year-old last October. By Christine Foster Brennan Passons died from asthma complications during October 2011. Passons Family Brennan Passons was the type of … |
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Airborne Pollens and Asthma-Related ED Visits Coincide
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – Asthma-related visits to emergency departments spike in the spring, when grass and tree pollen levels are at their highest, according to investigators in two separate studies presented here at the annual meeting of the American Academy of … |
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Pediatric Asthma Admissions Varied Greatly By Neighborhood
Family Practice News Digital Network So suggests the wide variability within a single Ohio county in hospitalization rates for children with acute asthma, Dr. Andrew F. Beck, a fellow in general and community pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, said at the annual … |
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GERD Associated With Worse Infant Respiratory Disease
Family Practice News Digital Network Bronchiolitis is a prominent risk factor for childhood asthma, and GERD is associated with worsened asthma severity (J. Asthma 2011;48:366-73). As yet unknown is whether preexisting GERD (clinically significant reflux) in infants modulates the severity … |
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Budesonide/Formoterol for Asthma Shows Cardiovascular Safety
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – Budesonide/formoterol pressurized metered-dose inhaler demonstrated similar cardiovascular safety to that of budesonide treatment alone in a study of 742 black adolescents and adults with moderate to severe asthma. There has been concern that … |
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Family fun ride helps Asthma and COPD Education Center
Bakersfield Now The Asthma and COPD Education Center is gearing up for the Woody Y Century & Family Fun Ride. The event is Saturday at The Park at River Walk on Stockdale Highway. It begins and ends at River Walk, and there are five routes to choose from. |
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Alternaria Sensitization Common in Children With Severe Asthma
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – Children with severe asthma may have their already serious symptoms further worsened by sensitization to common household fungi in the genus Alternaria, suggested investigators at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, … |
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