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Study Finds Cause of Some Asthma, May Lead to Vaccine
WSAW Scientists have zeroed in on a bacterial toxin that may be responsible for millions of cases of asthma. It's a discovery that could lead to new vaccines and drugs for a host of common health problems. It's a tiny bacterium that causes a diverse range … |
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Possible Cause of Childhood Asthma Revealed – New Study
News Junky Journal (press release) The study points to two immune signals, called IL-13 and IFN-Gamma, as the predominant cause of Asthma in an undeveloped or fully developed immune system. These two signals are associated with a group of immune cells called T-cells and up-to-now mostly … |
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Discovery of asthma cause could help treat sufferers
Insciences Organisation Scientists at the University of Bath have found a new cause of severe asthma that could help develop a treatment and potentially prevent the 1100 asthma deaths each year in the UK. Asthma is one of the most common allergic diseases and affects around … |
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Genetic Defects Cause Asthma, Say Researchers
TopNews United States Recently a group of researchers found that the presence of interleukin-6 receptor (IL6R) in the genes increases the chances of a person to suffer from asthma. Acknowledging the findings of the researchers, the Australian Asthma Genetics Consortium … |
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Flooding can cause mold issues
Norwalk Plus Magazine These allergic responses include making hay fever or asthma symptoms worse, and irritation of the eyes, nose, throat or lungs. Serious infections from molds are relatively rare and unlikely to occur in people who are generally in good health; however, … FEMA: Flooding Creates Opportunities for Mold |
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Flooding can cause mold issues
Norwalk Plus Magazine These allergic responses include making hay fever or asthma symptoms worse, and irritation of the eyes, nose, throat or lungs. Serious infections from molds are relatively rare and unlikely to occur in people who are generally in good health; however, … FEMA: Flooding Creates Opportunities for Mold |
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Firewood, mosquito coils cause asthma, lung cancer
Nigerian Tribune This was contained in a 1994 study on home environment risk factors for asthma, which was published in the journal, Annals of Tropical Paediatrics. It involved 140 children with a mean age of 66 months in Nigeria. Certainly, the fact that mosquito coil … |
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Do household appliances cause asthma?
cbs4qc.com After studying 800 moms to be, some scientists say there is a connection between exposure to electromagnetic fields and asthma. It's the magnetic energy radiating from these common household appliances that worries some scientists. … |
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Do pylons cause asthma in babies?
NHS Choices “Pregnant women who use hairdryers, microwaves, vacuum cleaners or who live near pylons could be putting their babies at risk of asthma,” reported the Daily Mail. “Exposing unborn children to potentially harmful magnetic energy produced by household … Could the Microwave Oven Be Associated With Children's Asthma? Study on magnetic fields, asthma is flawed: critics Asthma tied to moms' exposure to magnetic fields |
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Congested London roads 'cause up to 30% of asthma in children'
Evening Standard The schools, from nurseries to secondaries, are near roads carrying 10000 or more vehicles a day – a level leading European scientists claim in a new study could be responsible for up to 30 per cent of all new cases of asthma in children. … |
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