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Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
Asthma in children is tough to treat
Sarasota Herald-Tribune At their worst, asthma attacks can mean a sudden trip to the emergency room. These can be scary episodes in their own right, but they also disrupt everyday life, interfering with sleep, school or work schedules. Preventing such attacks is a major goal … |
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Medical News Today |
Back-to-school asthma attacks linked to common cold virus in children
Medical News Today Children with asthma are most likely to experience an attack at the start of the school year and after long breaks, and exacerbations appear to be linked to the common cold virus. These are the findings from research published in Proceedings of the … Study Ties School Calendar to Asthma Flare-Up… Common Colds at School a Primary Driver of Asthma Hospitalizations for Children Cold viruses at school largely to blame for asthma hospitalizations |
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Wilkes Barre Times-Leader |
To your health: Allergies and asthma can play a role in heart health for children
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader The study found that children with allergies, such as asthma and hay fever, may be at a higher risk for heart disease. Specifically, children with allergies were found to have about twice the rate of high blood pressure and high cholesterol, both risk … |
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Heavy.com |
Parents of Children with Asthma: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Heavy.com Recent reports suggest asthma rates continue to rise in children across most demographics. As a parent of a child with asthma, there's a lot of pressure to make smart choices and oversee their health. However, if you're unfamiliar with asthma, it can … |
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Mirror.co.uk |
Hero asthma teen's memory lives on with gift of life to three desperately ill children
Mirror.co.uk A schoolboy who died after an asthma attack has given the gift of life to three desperately ill children. His family say he left them 'as a hero'. Tributes have flooded in for Luke Senior, who was put on a life support machine after he collapsed at his … |
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Mirror.co.uk |
Antibiotics make children more prone to suffering 'obesity and asthma'
Mirror.co.uk Giving antibiotics to young children makes them prone to asthma and obesity, a new study found. Macrolides, a common class of antibiotics that include azithromycin and clarithromycin, are widely used as an alternative antibiotic for those allergic to … Early antibiotic use 'may predispose children to weight gain and asthma' Some antibiotics may alter children's gut microbiome for up to two years, links to asthma and obesity Antibiotic use in early life disrupt normal gut microbiota development |
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USC News |
Common genetic variation safeguards children from asthma
USC News Too much residential traffic removes the protective effect a specific gene has on lowering asthma risk, according to a new USC study. Children could have zero, one or two copies of a common gene variant. “Environmental exposures such as traffic-related … |
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ScienceBlog.com (blog) |
Common genetic variation safeguards children from asthma
ScienceBlog.com (blog) Exhaled nitric oxide is a biomarker of airway inflammation; higher levels of it increase a child's risk of developing asthma. Children with a common variation of “NOS2,” the primary gene that produces nitric oxide in airways, tend to have lungs that … |
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Montana Standard (blog) |
County program targets children with asthma
Montana Standard (blog) In the late 1990s in Seattle, community health workers began going house to house to educate children with asthma, and their parents/guardians, about properly taking asthma medication and home cleaning methods proven to reduce asthmatic episodes. |
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ALK's Grazax in five-year landmark asthma prevention trial in children sees …
The Pharma Letter (registration) Denmark-based allergy specialist ALK Abello (ALKB: DC) has announced disappointing top-line results from the Grazax Asthma Prevention (GAP) trial with ALK's allergy immunotherapy tablet against grass pollen allergy. The GAP trial consisted of a … |
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