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Demographic Characteristics of Asthma Subjects Associated With Stepping Down …
AJMC.com Managed Markets Network Methods: Subjects were included if they: 1) had ?2 FSC prescription claims prior to the index (step-down) date, 2) had ?1 asthma claim, 3) were aged 12 to 64 years, and 4) were continuously eligible for 12 months pre- and post index. Subjects were … |
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Medical Xpress |
Childhood asthma rates down 10 percent in 10 years according to UK's oldest …
Medical Xpress Run by researchers from the University of Aberdeen – The Aberdeen School Asthma Study was first completed in 1964 and exactly the same questions have been answered by parents of children aged 9-12 years attending the same city primary schools in … Childhood asthma 'down by a third in 10 years' |
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Daily Mail |
Forget inhalers… asthma sufferers in India gulp down LIVE FISH to ease their …
Daily Mail But rather than a puff from an inhaler or a pill – the boy is forced to swallow a live fish. Every year, thousands of Indians line up to swallow the slimy sea creatures, a traditional treatment for the condition. Asthma sufferers gather every June in … |
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Maranda Where You Live |
Don't let asthma slow down your child
Maranda Where You Live But most doctors recommend a child receive asthma medication through a spacer. The device (pictured right) allows the medicine to be inhaled slowly and helps it reach the lungs. Most spacers are fitted with a mask that goes over a child's nose and … |
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Asthma up but severe cases down
Effingham Daily News Jennings said parents and/or caregivers do have some options when it comes to minimizing the risk of childhood asthma, including immunizations against pneumonia and influenza, avoidance of cigarette smoke exposure and having a pet in the home, … |
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DNAinfo |
Asthma Is Down in Englewood, Study Concludes
DNAinfo According to the nonprofit Merck Childhood Asthma Network in Washington, D.C., asthma-related hospitalizations in Englewood and West Englewood are among the highest in Chicago, at 60 percent and 71 percent reporting hospitalizations respectively, … |
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Job woes getting you down? Your asthma risk could be rising as a result
Tech Times Doctors have added one more human malady to the list of diseases made worse by job-related stress, saying worries about losing a job can raise the risk of asthma. The researchers studied 7,000 working adults in Germany during the economic recession … |
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TheStreet.com |
NASA Technology Brings Down Asthma, Allergies
TheStreet.com Chandler is among 7 million children — and 25 million Americans in all — who live with asthma. But here's the good news: A revolutionary new home and office environmental system, originally developed for NASA, is now a fixture of mainstream society … |
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Asthma Prescription Numbers Slow Down
Genetic Engineering News The asthma prescription market is slowing as the leading drugs lose patent protection. But leading market researchers BCC and GBI Research each predict moderate growth until at least 2017, thanks to new market entrants and a disease prevalence that … |
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Deep Breadth: GSK Doubles Down on COPD and Asthma
PharmExec.com (blog) Approved in November, GSK's fluticasone furoate/vilanterol dry powder combo inhaler for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and asthma* – sold as Breo Ellipta in the US, and Relvar Ellipta in Europe, Mexico and Japan – is the first of four … |
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