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Smoking in Pregnancy Linked to Preschool Wheeze, Asthma
Doctors Lounge Children who are exposed to maternal smoking during pregnancy, but not in their first year of life, have an increased likelihood of developing wheeze and asthma at age 4 to 6 years, according to a study published online Aug. 17 in the American Journal … Smoking during pregnancy linked to asthma in offspring |
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Asthma conversations on DDA Online
Dispensing Doctors’ Association Reading DDA Online's report on the launch of the supermarket's new private PGD asthma service, Niall Kealy, a superintendent pharmacist, commented: "As a pharmacist I am in general a supporter of increased PGD's/services etc. However, I fully believe … |
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Mold Exposure in Infancy May Raise Asthma Risk
Doctors Lounge "This is strong evidence that indoor mold contributed to asthma development, and this stresses the urgent need for remediating water damage in homes, particularly in low-income urban areas where this is a common issue," the study's lead author, Tiina … |
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Asthma Common Among Olympic Athletes
Doctors Lounge 2 (HealthDay News) — Asthma and airway hyper-responsiveness are the most common chronic conditions among Olympic athletes, affecting about 8 percent of the competitors, according to a new study. The Australian researcher suggested the conditions … 8 percent of Olympians have asthma Many Olympians Suffer From Asthma Asthma found most common among Olympic athletes |
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London Smog May Be Tough on Olympians
Doctors Lounge WEDNESDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) — Air pollution may aggravate breathing problems among athletes with asthma or a related condition known as exercise-induced bronchoconstriction at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, an allergists' group … Air Pollution In London May Hurt Olympic Athletes, Says Leading Sports … London pollution could affect Olympic athletes' performance Will London air sicken Olympic athletes? |
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Most asthma doctors visits revealed
World First Travel Insurance Researchers investigating the number of visits children make to the doctors suffering with asthma have revealed Imperial County, California, tops the list. And people who suffer with the respiratory disease thinking of heading to the region on their … |
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Missed Sleep May Contribute to Asthma Morbidity
Doctors Lounge Lauren C. Daniel, Ph.D., from Brown University in Providence, R.I., and colleagues assessed the associations between missed sleep, asthma-related quality of life, and indicators of asthma morbidity, based on responses from parents of 147 urban children … |
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Handling of Confounding in Diet and Asthma, Allergy Studies Poor
Doctors Lounge Studies investigating the effect of diet on the development of childhood asthma and allergies generally have substantial shortcomings with regard to how they handle confounding and effect modification, according to research published online June 19 in … |
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Asthma Rates Higher Near Busy Highway
Doctors Lounge Researchers investigated the prevalence of asthma among 62 Brooklyn residents living close to Interstate 278, also known as the Gowanus Expressway, and those living in the same area but farther from the highway. The researchers found higher rates of … |
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Doctors Turn Up the Heat to Treat Severe Asthma, Help Patients Breathe Easier
Newswise (press release) (June 12, 2012) — Doctors at Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) are delivering heat directly to the source to treat patients with severe asthma – a respiratory disease that causes the airways in the lungs to narrow, making it difficult to breathe. Vanderbilt first medical center in Nashville to offer bronchial thermoplasty … |
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