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Asthma Not Just A Disease For Kids
fox4kc.com KANSAS CITY – You probably think of asthma as a kids' disease, but asthma can happen at any age. Carolyn Knickerbocker used to wonder why she was so winded … |
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NIH Genomic Mapping Study Finds Largest Set of Genes Related to Major Risk Factor for Heart Disease
Scanning the genomes of more than 100,000 people from all over the world, scientists report the largest set of genes discovered underlying high cholesterol and high triglycerides — the major risk factors for coronary heart disease, the nation’s number one killer. Taken together, the gene variants explain between a quarter and a third of the inherited portions of cholesterol and triglyceride measured in the blood. The research, representing scientists from 17 countries, appears in two papers in the Aug. 5 issue of Nature.
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Asthma is not just a young person’s disease – Belleville News Democrat
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Asthma is not just a young person's disease
Belleville News Democrat At least 40 percent of patients are 40 or older when they have their first asthma attack, says Dr. Raymond Slavin, an allergist at St. Louis University. … |
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Key questions on occupational lung disease (1.5 CPD hours) – Pulse
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Key questions on occupational lung disease (1.5 CPD hours)
Pulse About one in six cases of all adult onset asthma and COPD is due to work – a figure obtained by finding excess cases of asthma or COPD in workers exposed to … |
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Gene Variant that may Prevent African Sleeping Sickness also Leads to Increased Chance of Kidney Disease
National Institutes of Health researchers and grantees have found that gene variants in APOL1, more common in African Americans, come with both health risk and reward, as reported in the July 15 online issue of Science.
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LifeSpan program to focus on chronic disease self-management
LifeSpan program to focus on chronic disease self-management
Take charge of your life: Live well and be well! Join us at the LifeSpan Center for an educational program focusing on chronic disease self management.
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