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Dog Bacteria Reduces Risk of Asthma in Humans, Says Science
Gizmodo New research suggests that exposure to certain microbes during infancy—particularly, to those from a particular strain of bacteria found in dogs—can alter the intestinal flora of a baby's developing GI tract such that asthmatic symptoms of a common … The Dog Bacteria That Protect You From Asthma Stanford School of Medicine |
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The Dog Bacteria That Protect You From Asthma
The Atlantic Why do kids living with dogs suffer less from allergies and asthma? Tiny microbes. |
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Bacteria in sputum of stable severe asthma and increased airway wall thickness
7thSpace Interactive (press release) Patients with chronic asthma have thicker intrapulmonary airways measured on high resolution computed tomography (HRCT). We determined whether the presence of lower airway bacteria was associated with increased airway wall thickness. |
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Early bacteria exposure important for building immunity, study says
Fox News The research was done in mice, but it supports the "hygiene hypothesis": the idea that bacteria are needed to shape a healthy immune system, and that our bacteria-fearing lifestyles are increasing levels of asthma, allergy and other autoimmune diseases … Bacteria Help Body Beef Up Immunity, Study Says Early exposure to germs has lasting benefits Over cleanliness could wreck immune system! |
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Asthma and bacteria link discovered
World First Travel Insurance Parents taking asthmatic children on holiday may be interested in research that claims some cases of the condition may be caused by an allergic reaction to a common environmental bacteria. Experts at the University of California's Veterans Affairs … Asthma Causes may be all Around you |
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Exposure to common environmental bacteria may cause asthma
Zee News Washington: Some cases of asthma may actually be caused by an allergic reaction to a common environmental bacteria, a new research has suggested. Researchers from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of California in San Francisco have … Certain strains of P. aeruginosa cause WBCs to produce high levels of histamine |
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Exposure to common environmental bacteria may be source of some allergic …
EurekAlert (press release) Could some cases of asthma actually be caused by an allergic reaction to a common environmental bacteria? New research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology (https://www.jleukbio.org) suggests that this idea may not be as far-fetched … |
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In Some Cases, Even Bad Bacteria May Be Good
New York Times But now some researchers are exploring an equally unsettling possibility: Antibiotic abuse may also be contributing to the increasing incidence of obesity, as well as allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, asthma and gastroesophageal reflux. … |
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Caffeine-Eating Bacteria May Fix Your Broken Heart
Gizmodo This microbe can consume caffeine with the best of us, a talent that could help heart arrhythmia and asthma patients. This caffeine fiend takes a molecule of the stimulant and uses an enzyme to break it down into carbon dioxide and ammonia. … |
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Bacteria May Have Role in Asthma
Drug Discovery & Development People with severe asthma are more likely to have antibodies against the disease-causing bacteria Chlamydia pneumoniae than the general population and in some cases antibiotic treatment can greatly improve symptoms according to research presented today … |
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