Asthma teen donates organs to five children – The West Australian


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Asthma teen donates organs to five children
The West Australian
A Welsh teenager who died after an asthma attack has donated her organs to five children on a transplant list. Cleo Wyn Lloyd, 14, died yesterday when her life support machine was turned off, but her family gave permission for her organs to be used in
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Children with asthma benefit from cognitive behaviour therapy programme – News-Medical.net

Children with asthma benefit from cognitive behaviour therapy programme
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Researchers have found that a programme of cognitive behaviour therapy delivered by nurses to children who had asthma and anxiety improved the children's quality of life scores and reduced the risk of escalation of treatment. Levels of anxiety and

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Research Supports Role of BMI in Incident Asthma in Children – Monthly Prescribing Reference

Research Supports Role of BMI in Incident Asthma in Children
Monthly Prescribing Reference
(HealthDay News) – Overweight and obese children have a significantly increased risk of incident asthma, with evidence of a dose-response effect of elevated body mass index (BMI), according to a meta-analysis published online Nov. 12 in Obesity Reviews.

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Antibiotics in pregnancy tied to asthma in children: study – Reuters

Antibiotics in pregnancy tied to asthma in children: study
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The results don't prove that antibiotics caused the higher asthma risk, but they support a current theory that the body's own "friendly" bacteria have a role in whether a child develops asthma, and antibiotics can disrupt those beneficial bugs. "We
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