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Asthma test helps doctor tailor treatment
Chicago Tribune "With one breath into a hand-held device, physicians can measure the level of inflammation in a patient's lungs," said Dr. Stanley Fineman, an allergist at the Atlanta Allergy & Asthma Clinic. "If FeNO levels are high, that signals that the patient's … |
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Elgin council member in ICU for asthma attacks says: full recovery expected
Chicago Daily Herald "I am still at St. Joseph's hospital as a result of the severe asthma attack I recently suffered. As a precautionary measure, I was moved into ICU a few days ago. I have been down this road before with my asthma and want to assure residents that asthma … |
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It's 'wheezing season' for asthma patients!
Chicago Tribune But if a child wheezes on several occasions and responds to bronchodilators, the youngster probably has asthma. If you throw in a family history of wheezing, as well as wheezing that begins every time a child gets a cold, it's time to discuss the … |
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UK health cost body backs Novartis asthma drug in fresh U-turn
Chicago Tribune LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's health cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE said it planned to recommend the use of Novartis's severe asthma drug Xolair after prevaricating for months over whether it should be paid for on the taxpayer-funded National Health … Life-changing jab gives hope to asthma sufferers Asthma treatment – double U-turn NICE U-turn on Novartis' Xolair for asthma |
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Air quality improves, asthma increases: An EPA mystery
Medill Reports: Chicago The number of children exposed to tobacco smoke and hazardous air pollutants has decreased, but national asthma rates have increased, according to the third edition of “America's Children and the Environment,” released by the Environmental Protection … Mixed Results in New EPA Report on Toxins and Children |
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Asthma symptoms may vary during menstrual cycle
Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Some women may have more or fewer asthma symptoms, such as coughing and wheezing, depending on their time of the month, a new study suggests. Researchers said spikes and dips in estrogen and other hormones likely … |
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Antibiotics in pregnancy tied to asthma in kids
Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children whose mothers took antibiotics while they were pregnant were slightly more likely than other kids to develop asthma in a new Danish study. The results don't prove that antibiotics caused the higher asthma risk, but … Antibiotic use-asthma link |
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Treating asthma? There's an app for that.
Medill Reports: Chicago With a prototype of an inhaler holder in the foreground, Brent Grossman works on a cell phone app to help asthmatic teens. A computer science graduate student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, he has been working on the project since spring. |
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Study suggests timing may be key in fish-asthma link
Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among thousands of Dutch children included in a new study, those who first ate fish between the ages of six months and one year had a lower risk of developing asthma-like symptoms later on than babies introduced to fish … |
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Acetaminophen in infancy again tied to asthma
Chicago Tribune The findings, from a study of 411 Danish children, add to a mixed bag of research into whether there's a link between acetaminophen – better known by the brand-name Tylenol – and kids' asthma risk. Researchers found that the more acetaminophen kids … |
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