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U.S. News & World Report |
Was the Doctor Right About Your Child's Asthma Diagnosis?
U.S. News & World Report It seems like a eureka moment – and it may, in fact, be just that: Your child, who has been nursing a cough and wheezing while exerting himself, is finally diagnosed – with asthma. Historically, research finds this common chronic respiratory disease … |
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Spike in asthma cases likely: doctors
The Hindu The sudden showers may have helped cool Chennai but the change in weather may also affect those with asthma, say doctors. At Fortis Malar Hospital, consultant pulmonologist K. Rajkumar said there had been a significant spike in cases. “The change in … |
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Long Beach Press Telegram |
Miller Hospital in Long Beach earns major certification in asthma care
Long Beach Press Telegram Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach became the first free-standing children's hospital in California, and only the 11th children's hospital in the nation, to receive the Disease Specific Certification in Pediatric Asthma from The Joint … |
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Reading Eagle |
Short Takes: Kempton Shindig, fighting asthma
Reading Eagle "Asthma can limit physical activity and is the number 1 reason for school absenteeism," said Michelle Niedermeier, community IPM coordinator for PA IPM, in a statement. "While asthma cannot be cured, it can be controlled with medication and by avoiding … |
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Scotsman |
Hayley Lepps: Number of Scottish adults with asthma on the rise
Scotsman Is asthma becoming more prevalent than it has been in previous years? The most recent Scottish Health Survey from Scotcen Social Research examined this question in detail. While the proportion of all Scottish adults who have ever been diagnosed with … |
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Western Daily Press |
New therapy could reduce asthma sufferers' lung inflammation
Western Daily Press Dr Adriana Lopes da Silva, of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, said: "We found a single dose of highly compacted DNA nanoparticle thymulin gene therapy effectively reduces the inflammatory and remodeling process in asthmatic lungs. |
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WGRZ.com |
Health: Asthma Studies
WGRZ.com The results of a recent anxiety study are causing doctors to look in a new direction… they are now closely monitoring young asthma patients. What the study out of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit found was that the levels of stress and anxiety were … |
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EurekAlert (press release) |
Novel gene therapy shows potential for lung repair in asthma American Thoracic Society
EurekAlert (press release) ATS 2016, SAN FRANCISCO — A new study has demonstrated a way to deliver a nanoparticle-based gene therapy, in order to repair lungs damaged by chronic allergic asthma and to reduce inflammation that causes asthma attacks. The potential therapy … |
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Capitalizing on a teachable moment motivates parents of kids with asthma to quit smoking
Science Daily Despite a reduction in overall smoking prevalence, parental smoking and pediatric SHSe remain high, particularly among minority and low income families with children with asthma. More than 40 percent of all children are exposed to SHSe, which increases … |
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STLtoday.com |
Do more on the local level to help people suffering from asthma
STLtoday.com Asthma Coach Yulanda Tomlin-Watson clips the nose of third grader Xavier Miles, 8, before his spirometry test, which shows the function of the lungs, inside the Healthy Kids Express Van which visited Lucas Crossing Elementary in Normandy on Dec. |
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