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KWBU |
Scientsts Seek Genetic Clues To Why Asthma Is Deadlier In Blacks
KWBU "The majority of genetic studies, not just in asthma but in most diseases, are done in Caucasian- or European-descent populations," White explains. "The longest studies do not really include very many minority populations, which means that most … |
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Boise State Public Radio |
Scientsts Seek Genetic Clues To Why Asthma Is Deadlier In Blacks
Boise State Public Radio "The majority of genetic studies, not just in asthma but in most diseases, are done in Caucasian- or European-descent populations," White explains. "The longest studies do not really include very many minority populations, which means that most … |
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Black Teenager Dies of Asthma Attack While Being Chased by White Youths Yelling Slurs
Democracy Now! The New York Daily News reports a dispute between two groups of teenagers escalated when the mostly white group chased after 16-year-old Dayshen McKenzie and his friends with a gun, shouting the N-word. McKenzie collapsed and died of an asthma … |
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TheHorse.com |
ACVIM Adopts Term 'Equine Asthma' in Consensus Statement
TheHorse.com Recognizing the similarities between inflammatory airway disease (IAD) and recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) in horses (and humans, for that matter) and asthma, one of the important updates in the consensus statement was the recommendation to adopt … |
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Med Device Online (press release) |
Wearable system promises to stem asthma attacks
FierceMobileHealthcare (press release) A new wearable tracking system that monitors heart rate, lung function and environmental factors may soon help asthma sufferers avoid attacks. The Health and Environmental Tracker (HET), designed by a research team at North Carolina State University, … Asthma Sufferers Could Breathe Easier Thanks To New Wearable Asthma Attack-Warning Gadget To Be Launched Soon! |
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The You Docs: Get real about adult asthma
Roanoke Times (blog) Asthma's not just for kids. More and more adults are developing this lung-damaging condition that steals your breath, zaps your energy and even can threaten your life. Trouble is, warning signs of adult asthma are tough to spot, and a new survey shows … |
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Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America Partners With AHIP's Coalition for Medicare Choices to Create New …
Marketwired (press release) LANDOVER, MD–(Marketwired – June 06, 2016) – Today, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation (AAFA) unveiled new resources created in collaboration with America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Coalition for Medicare Choices (CMC). Throughout May … |
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Man who could not run even 100 metres due to asthma scales Everest
The Hindu A Sherpa in my team took the pictures and documented my achievement,” he says. “Earlier, I could not even run 100 metres because of asthma. During my college days, I decided to reduce dependency on inhalers,” he says. Now, he runs 14 km every day. |
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KQED |
Blacks Die From Asthma at Steep Rates, But Are Absent From Many Studies
KQED “The majority of genetic studies, not just in asthma but in most diseases, are done in Caucasian- or European-descent populations,” White explains. “The longest studies do not really include very many minority populations, which means that most … |
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Med Device Online (press release) |
Asthma Sufferers Could Breathe Easier Thanks To New Wearable
Med Device Online (press release) Scientists at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have developed a health and environmental tracker (HET), a wearable system that aims to predict and potentially prevent asthma attacks by tracking lung function, activity rates, environmental factors … |
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