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HEALTH BRIEFS: IUN seminar to focus on adolescent asthma
nwitimes.com Eeze the Wheeze Day is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., June 25, with registration in the nursing lab on the first floor of the Dunes Medical/Professional Building. Participants will learn techniques to better control asthma and create an asthma … |
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Qualcomm collaboration to focus on personalizing pediatric asthma therapy
FierceMobileHealthcare (press release) Qualcomm and Rady Children's Hospital (San Diego, Calif.) have joined forces to launch a 3G-enabled kit for monitoring the activities of asthmatic children, according to an announcement. The initiative is aimed at reducing costs from emergency room … |
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21% of first graders stricken with asthma in Taipei
Focus Taiwan News Channel Huang Li-hsin, president of the Taiwan Association of Asthma Education, said the proportion of Taiwan's population suffering from one form or another of allergy has risen to 70 percent, yet more than half of the general public have never been tested or … Nation not taking asthma, allergies seriously: group |
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Maxwell Biotech Venture Fund Invests in Pivotal Clinical Trial of Oxagen's …
Laser Focus world Maxwell Biotech Venture Fund (MBVF), founded with the help of Russian government-backed RVC, announced today that its investment committee approved the terms and the amount of an investment in Eleventa, a Russian biotech company, which was … |
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Central Valley walk puts focus on asthma
Modesto Bee Health care workers, valley residents and community leaders will stop in Modesto and Turlock on Monday as part of a walking tour of the Central Valley to bring attention to the area's high rates of asthma and other chronic diseases. The tour, titled … |
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Scientists Focus on Factors Behind Asthma Attacks
U.S. News & World Report The University of California, San Francisco-led team found that a specific calcium-activated chloride channel called TMEM16A plays a role in the severity of asthma. The channel regulates airway secretions and smooth-muscle contraction: the major … |
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Focus on lung health
The West Australian There are more than seven subtypes of asthma depending on whether the condition was related to a viral infection, environmental allergen, chemical interaction with medication, physical stimulation such as by exercise or cold air, or hormones. Anyone … |
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COPD Tops Asthma as the Focus Indication for Next Generation Respiratory …
MarketWatch (press release) COPD has superseded asthma as the lead indication in the market race, most likely due to the FDA's new safety controls pertaining to limited use of all LABA-containing drugs in asthma as well as the unmet need for improved therapies for COPD," states … |
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Slidell health forum to focus on recognizing asthma triggers
NOLA.com By Suzie Hunt Helping children with asthma breathe easier and spend more days in school are two goals of an asthma awareness workshop to be held June 2, 9 am to noon, at the St. Tammany Community Health Center, 501 Robert Blvd. Matthew Roppolo / The … |
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Girl's death puts focus on asthma's broader grip
Kearney Hub She still must use an antihistamine and two asthma medications — an inhaler and a tablet — every day. And she keeps an albuterol inhaler on hand for emergencies. When you have asthma, Cordes says, “you just kind of learn to deal. CDC report finds sizable increase in asthma prevalence Girl's Death Increases Asthma Alerts |
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