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Farms linked to less asthma, allergies
Agri-View “We know that children who grow up on farms where animals are raised have a lower likelihood of developing asthma, allergies and eczema,” said Matthew Keifer, director of the National Farm Medicine Center at Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation in … |
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Kids on cow farms may have fewer allergies
Montreal Gazette Kids who grow up on farms and have contact with cows and cow milk are less likely to have allergies and asthma than kids raised nearby but not on a farm, according to a new study from Europe. Researchers had previously noticed that kids raised on … |
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Kids on cow farms may have fewer allergies
Reuters By Kerry Grens | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Kids who grow up on farms and have contact with cows and cow milk are less likely to have allergies and asthma than kids raised nearby but not on a farm, according to a new study from Europe. |
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Asthma is One of the Risks for Those Living Near Livestock Farms
MedIndia C.Muppala on September 30, 2011 at 8:50 AM Environmental Health A recent insight has found that people living near livestock farms are exposing themselves to certain health risks like asthma. The researchers, from Utrecht University, measured increased … |
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Asthma, COPD sufferers have more problems near farms
Horsetalk People with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) suffered more problems when living near livestock farms, Dutch researchers have revealed. They say emissions from the farms are to blame. Their findings were presented this week at the … Underweight COPD patients at higher risk of death Netherlands: First Smartphone App To Improve The Lifestyle Of Asthma And COPD … |
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Good week for children who live on farms
The Australian GOOD week for children who live on farms, after research showing they are less likely than their city-slicker counterparts to have asthma. The study found country kids' bedrooms were contaminated with high levels of bacteria and fungi, … |
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Children growing on farms less likely to have asthma
DoctorNDTV The risk of asthma is reduced by as much as 51 percent for children living on farms, and researchers suspect that it's the diversity of exposure to different microbes that may offer protection against the disease. Asthma is a chronic lung disease that … |
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Children on farms at lower risk of asthma
Cordis News Children living on farms are significantly less likely to develop asthma than their peers, a new study shows. The research was partially supported by two EU-funded projects: GABRIEL ('A multidisciplinary study to identify the genetic and environmental … |
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Bacteria on farms may protect against asthma
The News International New research lends support to the idea that exposure to a wide range of microbes explains why farm kids have lower asthma rates than city kids. School-aged children in the studies who lived on farms were about 30% to 50% less likely to have asthma than … |
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HealthDay – WEDNESDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) — In a European study that
echoes the findings of other scientists, researchers have found that
children who grow up on farms are less likely to develop childhood
asthma.
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