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Children exposed to 2 phthalates have elevated risk of asthma-related airway …
Science Codex Children exposed to diethyl phthalate (DEP) and butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP)—phthalate chemicals commonly found in personal care and plastic products—have elevated risk of asthma-related airway inflammation, according to researchers at Columbia … Prenatal exposure to pesticide additive linked with childhood cough |
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LABA Withdrawal Increases Asthma-Related Impairment
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (HealthDay News) – For patients with asthma controlled with a combination of an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and a long-acting ?2-agonist (LABA), withdrawal of the LABA once asthma is controlled correlates with increased asthma-associated impairment. |
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Asthma-related nurse visits are up in Wallingford; town offers house visits
Meriden Record-Journal It could be asthma. According to the town's health department, the incidence of child asthma has been growing, and the department is providing home visits to help parents find out some of the triggers that may be playing havoc with their children's … |
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Airway inflammation linked with asthma-related mortality rates in older adults
News-Medical.net Higher mortality rates among older adult asthma patients compared to their younger counterparts may be due, at least in part, to an increase in airway inflammation, according to a study conducted by researchers in Canada, who note that their results … |
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Airborne Pollens and Asthma-Related ED Visits Coincide
Family Practice News Digital Network ORLANDO – Asthma-related visits to emergency departments spike in the spring, when grass and tree pollen levels are at their highest, according to investigators in two separate studies presented here at the annual meeting of the American Academy of … |
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Study: Asthma-Related ED Visits Correlate With Higher Pollution Levels
California Healthline The number of asthma-related emergency department visits in the San Joaquin Valley corresponds to rises in air pollution, according to a study by the Central Valley Health Policy Institute, the Bakersfield Californian reports. … Valley study links ER visits with bad air days Gasping for breath: The health consequences of Valley's air pollution Bad Air Quality is Worse for Health Than First Thought |
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Coal company cares about asthma-related bullying—not
Straight.com Today (May 10), a news release attributed to Missouri-based Peabody Energy, which describes itself as the “world's largest private-sector coal company”, announced the launch of a campaign to fight the stigma of asthma among American kids. … Peabody Punked by Fake 'Coal Cares' Asthma Site Fake website, press release targets Missouri coal company Peabody Energy Says It's Victim Of Website Hoax |
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Rate of Child Asthma-Related Hospitalizations in Riverside County Drops
Valley News RIVERSIDE – The number of Riverside County youngsters hospitalized for treatment of asthma fell by nearly 50 percent over a nine-year period ending in 2009, according to the county's Department of Public Health. Despite the decline, the county … Childhood asthma rates drop in county, but still among worst in state |
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New tool to assess asthma-related anxiety
EurekAlert (press release) New Rochelle, NY, May 5, 2011—When children or adolescents with asthma and their parents become overly anxious about the disorder, it may impair their ability to manage the asthma effectively. A new, effective tool to assess asthma-related anxiety is … |
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Providers often prescribe antibiotics during asthma-related ambulatory care visits
Pediatric SuperSite Sixteen percent of asthma-related office and emergency department visits from 1998 to 2007 resulted in the prescription of an antibiotic, despite the fact that these visits did not have an ICD-9 code that would justify the use of an antibiotic, … |
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