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We need more investment in diagnostics for asthma
The Pharmaceutical Journal Recent headlines in national media have declared that asthma is 'overdiagnosed and trivialised'. But as I am sure your readers know, these news stories are masking a deeper issue: there is no simple diagnostic test for asthma. It is shocking that in … |
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Uganda: Lifestyle to Blame for Rise in Asthma Cases
AllAfrica.com Although it is difficult to obtain recent statistics on asthma in Uganda, some doctors have observed an increase in the rate of asthma that they treat, particularly in recent months. In 2009/2010, Mulago hospital recorded 2,500 cases of asthma. That … |
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Attack asthma: Kids are shown to suffer from bad air quality
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Nearly 29 percent of fifth-graders in a study involving several elementary schools were found to have asthma. Another 11.7 percent of the 267 students in the study were determined to be at risk of developing it. And researchers with Allegheny Health … |
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Times of Malta |
Control test launched on World Asthma Day
Times of Malta For World Asthma Day, held on May 3, GlaxoSmithKline Malta launched a new and improved website to provide asthma suff-erers and doctors with a useful score that would help determine the level of treatment required. Asthma is a common and treatable … |
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University of Rochester Newsroom |
Tech helps teens battle asthma
University of Rochester Newsroom After more than a decade of working with asthmatic teens, Hyekyun Rhee, associate professor and recently appointed chair of nursing science at the School of Nursing, knows this scenario is all too typical. But she also knows that within this scenario … |
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Jamaica Observer |
Asthma management
Jamaica Observer During an asthma attack, the bronchial tubes in the lungs become inflamed and narrow, resulting in wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing. Even though asthma cannot be cured, we can keep it under control with proper management. Asthmatic women's infertility blues |
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Asthma Awareness Month offers time to look at new ways of controlling the disease
Buffalo Reflex (subscription) About one in 10 Missourians have asthma, a chronic condition caused by inflammation of the lungs. In Missouri alone, an average of 75 people die each year from the disease. Many of these deaths, however, are preventable with awareness, knowledge and … |
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UANews (press release) |
With $27M Grant, UA Researchers Closer to Preventing Asthma
UANews (press release) Efforts to improve the health of children at increased risk for asthma will receive a major boost with the launch of a new University of Arizona Health Sciences-led national clinical study funded by a $27 million federal grant. For Dr. Fernando D … |
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World Asthma Day: Restaurants partner with DOH to raise awareness
Holmes County Times Advertiser WASHINGTON COUNTY – Nearly all of Washington County's more than 20 restaurants partnered with the Florida Department of Health (DOH) in Washington County this week to help raise awareness about the dangers of secondhand smoke.The restaurants … |
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Arizona Daily Star |
Tucson researcher will lead $27 million asthma prevention study
Arizona Daily Star Dr. Fernando Martinez, director of the UA's Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, will oversee the project. The university is collaborating with seven other clinical centers around the country, including Columbia University Medical Center and the … |
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