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Spirometrix raises $8.6M to develop nitric oxide asthma sensor
MobiHealthNews spirometrix Pleasanton, California-based Spirometrix, a company working on a breath analysis sensor for early detection and treatment of asthma and COPD, has raised $8.6 million in second round funding. The round was led by NGK Spark Plugs, … |
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UWM researchers land NIH grant to develop asthma treatment
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog) The National Institutes of Health awarded a grant worth almost $2 million to chemists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who are working to find a new drug for asthma. The four-year grant is for research to develop an asthma drug with fewer side … |
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SFGate (blog) |
Study: Babies who sleep on animal skins less likely to develop asthma
SFGate (blog) A new study finds that children who sleep on animal skins in the first months of life are less likely to develop asthma later in childhood. But before you trade in your pretty-patterned organic cotton crib sheets for a sheepskin, know that some experts … |
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Science 2.0 |
Babies Who Sleep On Animal Fur Less Likely To Develop Asthma
Science 2.0 Previous studies have suggested that exposure to a wider range of environments from young age could be protective against asthma and allergies – urban settings have not found that to to be so. But in a new study, researchers investigated children from … |
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University Herald |
Overweight Children Are More Likely to Develop Asthma
University Herald Although the link between childhood obesity and asthma has been known for years, researchers have not been able to determine which conditions tends to come first, or whether one causes the other. Researchers found that it is more probable that … For kids with both asthma and obesity, which came first? First report of allergic reaction to antibiotic pesticides consumed in food Farm Antibiotics May Be Linked to Food Allergies |
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Exercise-induced asthma can develop suddenly, but can be managed with a …
MiamiHerald.com She went to a doctor, who diagnosed her with exercise-induced asthma, a condition that affects both people with underlying asthma or without any symptoms of chronic asthma. “Unless I'm giving 110 percent, I'm fine,” said O'Boyle. The condition can … |
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CNN |
Allergies? Why You Might Develop Asthma This Spring
Health Hub from Cleveland Clinic Allergists predict seeing a number of new asthma cases this spring. That's because of the link between allergies and asthma. Allergies are a common trigger for asthma. This past winter was unusually wet, which means a brief, intense pollen release this … How to exercise during allergy season What is that cough that never goes away? |
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Scientists develop "3D" method to test asthma, allergy medications that …
News-Medical.net In a study published in ACS' journal Molecular Pharmaceutics, scientists report that they've developed a simple, "3D" laboratory method to test asthma and allergy medications that mimics what happens in the body, which could help reduce the need for … |
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Telegraph.co.uk |
Children given Calpol more likely to develop asthma, says study
Telegraph.co.uk Even having the medicine once a year can increase the risk of asthma by 70 per cent, claim the researchers who believe paracetamol may be behind the increasing rates of the condition. In Britain alone the number of children developing asthma has more … Babies given Calpol just once a month 'are five times as likely to develop asthma' |
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Daily Mail |
Babies given Calpol just once a month 'are five times as likely to develop asthma'
Daily Mail Children who are given Calpol are far more likely to develop asthma, a major study has found. Those given the medicine once a month are five times more at risk while even having it just once a year increases the chances by 70 per cent. Over the past 50 … |
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