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Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African Americans – Baltimore Sun


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Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African Americans
Baltimore Sun
By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun Johns Hopkins researchers, in the largest study to date, will map the genetic code for asthma in people of African descent in hopes of better understanding why the disease and other allergy-related ailments …
$9.5 Million Federal Grant to Support "Asthma Genome" Project with African …Newswise (press release)
Johns Hopkins wins $8.5M to study asthma among blacksBaltimore Business Journal

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Growing Number of Americans with Asthma/COPD to Drive Innovative Therapeutics … – Newswire Today (press release)

Growing Number of Americans with Asthma/COPD to Drive Innovative Therapeutics …
Newswire Today (press release)
In 2009, 40.3 million Americans were diagnosed with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Of these, 25.1 million had asthma and 15.1 million had COPD. The asthma/COPD therapeutics market is growing, with a high amount of momentum …

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HHI and AAFA are Helping Americans With Allergies and Asthma – PR Web (press release)


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HHI and AAFA are Helping Americans With Allergies and Asthma
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The Healthy House Institute (HHI) and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) are working together this fall to help disseminate health information to the 60 million Americans living with allergies or asthma. “We are pleased to be able to …

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‘Asthma Risk Gene’ Found in African Americans – iNEWP- Freedom of Speech


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'Asthma Risk Gene' Found in African Americans
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Gene variant PYHIN1 was identified as the gene variant most commonly associated with asthma in African Americans. The gene variant, the finding published in the journal Nature Genetics, was identified by a team of United States researchers …
New Asthma Genes Found in Africans, JapaneseWebMD
Gene Variant Has Large Effect on Blacks' Asthma RiskMedPage Today
Gene Linked to High Asthma Risk in African-Americans DiscoveredInternational Business Times
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Asthma Gene Unique To African Americans – Medical News Today


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Asthma Gene Unique To African Americans
Medical News Today
Geneticists in the US have identified a new gene uniquely linked to asthma in African Americans; a variant of the gene called PYHIN1 that is absent in European Americans. The new national collaboration also confirmed four other "trans-ethnic" asthma …
Gene Variant Has Large Effect on Blacks' Asthma RiskMedPage Today
Gene Increasing Asthma Risk in African-Americans IdentifiedInternational Business Times
Asthma gene found in African AmericansXinhua
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Asthma gene found in African Americans – Xinhua


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Asthma gene found in African Americans
Xinhua
BEIJING, August 1 (Xinhuanet) — US researchers have discovered a genetic mutation unique to African Americans that links to heighten their asthma risk, according to reports published on Sunday in the journal Nature Genetics. …
Gene Variant Has Large Effect on Blacks' Asthma RiskMedPage Today
Gene Increasing Asthma Risk in African-Americans IdentifiedInternational Business Times
Gene Variant Associated With Asthma Risk in BlacksU.S. News & World Report
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5 Ways Americans’ Allergies Are Getting Worse – TIME


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5 Ways Americans' Allergies Are Getting Worse
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Warmer temperatures also mean more mold and more mold allergies, which is particularly troubling because mold exacerbates asthma and may trigger allergic sensitivities. 2. Kids are more allergic than adults, especially to peanuts Children are about …
Allergies increase, but the why is unclearmsnbc.com
Las Vegas second worst in 30 metro areas for ragweed allergies, study findsLas Vegas Review-Journal
Ragweed sufferers suffer longer everywhere, especially in these citiesLos Angeles Times

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Asthma growing among Americans, despite air improvements – Catholic Online


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Asthma growing among Americans, despite air improvements
Catholic Online
In spite of this, 25 million Americans in 2009 suffered from asthma in contrast to about 20 million in 2001. There's a growth of one percent since 2001 and 2009 where those who suffer from the condition has grown from seven percent to eight percent in …
With asthma rates on the rise, here's how to manage symptomsLos Angeles Times
Increased Asthma Rates Could Have Devastating Consequences for LatinosFox News
Asthma rates climb in USCBC.ca
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Fred Upton’s bizarre war on 24 million Americans with asthma – Grist Magazine


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Fred Upton's bizarre war on 24 million Americans with asthma
Grist Magazine
Just about every major health group in the United States is now telling Upton that he is putting the welfare of millions of Americans at risk who suffer from asthma (that's 24 million people right there — including 7 million children! …
Environment Iowa: Congressmen King and Latham support polluters over health of …IowaPolitics.com (press release)
EPA: Clean Air Act Saves Millions of Lives and Trillions of DollarsHuffington Post
Clean Air Act to Save $2 Trillion By 2020, EPA Report SaysBloomberg
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