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UC Los Angeles |
$6 million grant will help UCLA–USC team develop kid-friendly technology to …
UC Los Angeles “Asthma is the most common chronic condition in children, and it weighs heavily on the nation in terms of public health, medical costs and quality of life,” said Alex Bui, a professor of radiological sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at … |
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Los Angeles Times |
'Asthma' sounds fine, but the filmmaking needs a breath of fresh air
Los Angeles Times "Asthma" opens with a jolt as our protagonist, Gus (Benedict Samuel), steps off a chair with a noose around his neck, dripping with the white paint he's smeared around his loft in a fit of manic ennui. It's a daring thesis statement for a film about … |
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Los Angeles Times |
This guy wants to end the world's allergies and asthma – with plants
Los Angeles Times Author and landscaping expert Tom Ogren has a solution: His latest book, "The Allergy-Fighting Garden: Stop Allergies and Asthma With Smart Landscaping," gives readers tips for planting a garden that not only is free of the most allergy-triggering … |
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NPR (blog) |
Researchers debunk the idea that asthma is more common in inner cities
Los Angeles Times For more than 50 years, the conventional wisdom about asthma has been that it thrives in poor, densely populated urban areas. Researchers have even gone so far as to declare an “inner-city asthma epidemic.” But they've never actually checked whether … The City Might Not Be To Blame For High Asthma Rates Kids' asthma risk isn't all about location Role of urban living overestimated as asthma risk factor |
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CBS Local |
Virus poses particular danger to kids with asthma; cases in 12 states
Los Angeles Times A rare virus that threatens respiratory systems has sickened hundreds children in Kansas City, Mo., and and Chicago and could be responsible for far more cases in about a dozen states, national health officials said Monday. The virus, known an … Symptom of Respiratory Illness Infecting Midwest Children is Asthma Attacks 10 states report outbreak of respiratory illness in kids Rare, potentially deadly 'Enterovirus' hits thousands of kids across 10 states |
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CBS Local |
Pleading suspect dies in police custody: 'You can breathe just fine'
Los Angeles Times "I have asthma, I have asthma." In the half-hour or so after his arrest late one night last September, Azucena said over and over that he was struggling for breath. Numerous LAPD officers and sergeants heard his pleas for medical attention but ignored … Reports: LA Police Ignored Arrested Man's Pleas Of Help Before Dying In Custody |
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Southern California — where every day is Asthma Day: Guest commentary
Los Angeles Daily News Today, I work as a nurse in Southern California, where the smog has deprived its residents of a view of the mountains nearby and has plagued them with a host of health issues, including asthma. My move to attend Azusa Pacific University was when I was … |
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Counsel & Heal |
Asthma medicine shows promise for Down syndrome in mice tests [Updated]
Los Angeles Times A federally approved drug already being inhaled by asthma patients may make mice with Down syndrome smarter, according to a new study. Researchers chose to test the widely manufactured bronchodilator, Formoterol, because it also acts on a brain … Using Asthma Medication, Scientists Improve Cognitive Function in Mouse … Asthma Meds May Boost Cognition in Down Syndrome Patients Drug improves cognitive function in mouse model of Down syndrome, study says |
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Asthma medicine shows promise for Down syndrome in mice tests
Los Angeles Times The dose was far above the quantity deemed safe for asthma use in humans. Before even considering human trials, researchers will have to reduce that dosage and see if its positive effects remain. Still, the path to prescription could be shorter because … Drug improves cognitive function in mouse model of Down syndrome, Stanford … |
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Science Codex |
Study links air pollution to childhood asthma in minorities
Los Angeles Times Researchers are also studying whether the pollutants actually cause childhood asthma. "This work adds to the growing body of evidence that traffic-related pollutants may be causally related to childhood asthma," said Esteban G. Burchard, a UCSF … Early-Life Air Pollution Linked With Childhood Asthma in Minorities |
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