How Dogs Might Protect Kids Against Asthma: Gut Bacteria – Wall Street Journal


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How Dogs Might Protect Kids Against Asthma: Gut Bacteria
Wall Street Journal
Scientists studying why pets appear to protect kids against asthma and allergies say the answer might lie in the world of bacteria that live in the gut. A new study published Monday found that exposing mice to dust from households where dogs were
How household dogs protect against asthma and infectionScience Daily (press release)
Research Shows How Household Dogs Protect Against Asthma and InfectionUCSF News Services
Researchers Reveal the Microscopic Reasons Why Pets Protect Against AllergiesTIME (blog)
Health.com –LiveScience.com
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Researchers Reveal the Microscopic Reasons Why Pets Protect Against Allergies – TIME (blog)

Researchers Reveal the Microscopic Reasons Why Pets Protect Against Allergies
TIME (blog)
Scientists have long known that kids who grow up with a pet, like a dog or cat, or live on a farm with plenty of livestock are less likely to develop asthma or allergies. They didn't know what exactly protected these kids, but speculated that it had

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How household dogs protect against asthma and infection – Science Daily (press release)


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How household dogs protect against asthma and infection
Science Daily (press release)
Dec. 16, 2013 — Children's risk for developing allergies and asthma is reduced when they are exposed in early infancy to a dog in the household, and now researchers have discovered a reason why.
Research shows how household dogs protect against asthma and infectionMedical Xpress
Dogs May Guard Babies Against Asthma, AllergiesHealth.com
'Dog Dust' May Combat Allergies and AsthmaLiveScience.com
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Research shows how household dogs protect against asthma and infection – Medical Xpress


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Research shows how household dogs protect against asthma and infection
Medical Xpress
Children's risk for developing allergies and asthma is reduced when they are exposed in early infancy to a dog in the household, and now researchers have discovered a reason why. Exposure of mice to dust from houses where canine pets are permitted both 
'Dog Dust' May Combat Allergies and AsthmaLiveScience.com
How household dogs protect against asthma and infectionScience Daily (press release)
Want to Fight Allergies? Get a Dirty DogScience AAAS
Healthline –Scientist (blog)
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Complaint filed against Danville officers over woman’s asthma death following … – Washington Post

Complaint filed against Danville officers over woman's asthma death following
Washington Post
DANVILLE, Va. — The family of a woman who died from asthma following a traffic stop in Danville has filed a wrongful death complaint. Media outlets report that Holly Butler of Rocky Mount was having trouble breathing and was being taken to a hospital

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Novartis says asthma blockbuster Xolair also effective against serious hives – FiercePharma


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Novartis says asthma blockbuster Xolair also effective against serious hives
FiercePharma
But Novartis says in financial filings that its pricing is under pressure for the asthma treatment. In the U.K., the price watchdog NICE last fall indicated it might drop approval of the drug there but then relented in March after Novartis offered up
Novartis reports new Phase III data showing omalizumab significantly improves MarketWatch (press release)
Novartis skin drug helps patients with chronic hivesReuters
Novartis' omalizumab effective for severe hivesPharmaTimes
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Charges against EMS dispatcher in asthma death dropped – 7Online.com


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Charges against EMS dispatcher in asthma death dropped
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She was having coffee at Au Bon Pain with her boyfriend in December of 2009. She was on-duty and in-uniform when one of the clerks suffered an asthma attack in a back room. Eutisha Rennix was six months pregnant and her co-workers were begging for 
EMT who ignored dying pregnant woman while on coffee break cleared of New York Post
Charges dropped against EMT who merely called 911 as pregnant woman diedNew York Daily News

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