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CAPE to answer parents' asthma questions at Oct. 6 program
The River Cities Sunday Tribune FREDERICKSBURG — What do you do if your child has asthma or you think they do? The Children's Asthma Prevention Education (CAPE) program is designed to help answer parents questions and provide them with tools to help in the future. Parents of … |
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New procedure decreases severity of chronic asthma attacks
Cape Gazette Asthma is a chronic lung disease that can cause the airways to narrow so less oxygen flows into the lungs. Uncontrolled asthma is serious, as it can cause permanent damage to the airways. Symptoms are wheezing, tightness in the chest, coughing, and … |
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Asthma Camp to educate youth July 15 to 19 in Lewes
Cape Gazette The American Lung Association in Delaware invites all youth 7-11 years old with moderate to severe asthma to Asthma Camp in Lewes. Asthma Camp will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, July 15 to 19, at St. Jude the Apostle Church, 152 Tulip … |
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Lung association offers back-to-school tips for asthma management
Cape Gazette As summer sizzles by, families across the state are beginning to prepare for the new school year. A new school environment can sometimes be difficult for children with asthma. This back-to-school season, the American Lung Association in Delaware … Scientists: Third Hand Smoke Also a Danger Thirdhand smoke poses health risk |
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American Lung Association hosts Asthma Camp
Cape Gazette The American Lung Association in Delaware hosted its annual Asthma Camp July 9 to 13 at St. Jude the Apostle Church in Lewes to educate young people with asthma on how to manage their disease. The camp provided an opportunity for boys and girls 7 to … |
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Distribution of polymorphisms IL4-590 C/T and IL4 RP2 in the human populations of Madeira, Azores, Portugal, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau.
Int J Mol Epidemiol Genet. 2012;3(2):179-83
Authors: Berenguer AG, C�¢mara RA, Brehm AD, Oliveira S, Fernandes AT
Abstract
The IL4 gene is located on chromosome 5q23.3-31.2. Polymorphisms within this cytokine gene, like the derivative allele T of IL4-590, have been reported as being associated to elevated IgE serum levels and asthma. In the present work, the allelic and genotypic frequency of the IL4-590 and IL4 RP2 polymorphisms was carried out in 599 individuals from Madeira, Azores, Portugal mainland, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau and in a sample of 101 asthmatics from Madeira population. In all populations the polymorphisms were in LD and presented a significant dissimilar allelic and genotypic distribution (p<0.05) except between mainland Portugal and Madeira when compared to Azores. Significant differences regarding both loci were found between Madeira population and the group of asthmatics. Genotype 183183TT frequency is higher for African populations while 253253CC prevails in Caucasian populations. The existence of a Hardy-Weinberg Disequilibrium in Guinea-Bissau population not observed in neutral markers leads to the hypothesis of natural selection occurring in these loci probably associated to a rapid population growth an hypothesis strengthened by neutral STRs D5S818 and CSF1PO gene diversity.
PMID: 22724055 [PubMed – in process]
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