Big city life may not be a key asthma risk: US study – Reuters

Big city life may not be a key asthma risk: US study
Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The simple fact of growing up in a big city may not be a major factor in whether a child develops asthma, according to a new study that contradicts decades of public health assumptions about the so-called inner city asthma epidemic.
Asthma is not more prevalent in the inner city, researchers sayWashington Post
Public Release: 20-Jan-2015 Time to rethink the inner-city asthma epidemic?EurekAlert (press release)
Researchers Rethink Inner-City Asthma TheoryPhilly.com

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UW awarded $70 million to continue asthma research in inner city – UW Badger Herald


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UW awarded $70 million to continue asthma research in inner city
UW Badger Herald
A longstanding University of Wisconsin project researching asthma in people living in the inner city got a $70 million grant, marking the largest award ever for the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. The grant will be used to continue research
UW Med School to use $70 million grant to study asthmaMadison.com
UW-Madison awarded $70M NIH grant for asthma researchMilwaukee Business Journal
Record grant will continue inner-city asthma researchPhys.Org
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City scientists patent asthma breakthrough – The Press


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City scientists patent asthma breakthrough
The Press
Wellington scientists have patented a ground-breaking vaccine for asthma. Trial results published today show the vaccine works in mice, preventing inflammation of the lungs and airways. The vaccine is a novel way of dealing with allergies which, …
Wellington researchers discover new technology for asthma vaccineScoop.co.nz (press release)
Asthma vaccine patented by Kiwi scientistsScience Media Centre (blog)

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Family of woman who died of asthma attack on Rikers Island allowed to sue city … – New York Daily News


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Family of woman who died of asthma attack on Rikers Island allowed to sue city
New York Daily News
The five children of a Staten Island woman who died of an asthma attack while being held on Rikers Island will be able to proceed with a negligence claim in their wrongful death lawsuit against the city, an appellate court ruled Thursday. The ruling

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Stockton ranked as 24th most “challenging” US city for residents with asthma – Stockton Record

Stockton ranked as 24th most "challenging" US city for residents with asthma
Stockton Record
Stockton has been ranked as the 24th most "challenging" U.S. city for residents with asthma. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation comes out with the rankings each year. Last year Stockton was ranked 40th. The latest ranking makes Stockton the third-worst …

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