Researchers Funded to Study Links Between Depression and Asthma – UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences News

Researchers Funded to Study Links Between Depression and Asthma
UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences News
Studies have shown that children with asthma are at higher risk for depression, and research also has shown an association between a parent or caregiver's depression and worsening symptoms in an asthmatic child. Bruce D. Miller, MD, and Beatrice L.

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Asthma patients get fully funded treatment – Voxy


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Asthma patients get fully funded treatment
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New Zealand asthma patients will now have another fully funded treatment option thanks to Pharmac reimbursing Singulair (montelukast sodium) from 1 August 2012. New Zealand has one of the highest prevalence rates of asthma in the world, second only
PHARMAC to fund alternative treatments for asthma, scabiesScoop.co.nz (press release)
Pharmac funds new asthma treatment for preschoolersRadio New Zealand
Funding for alternative treatments for asthma, scabiesNewstalk ZB

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Studies on combat related substance use and abuse to be funded by NIH and VA

Eleven research institutions in 11 states will receive more than $6 million in federal funding from fiscal year 2010 to support research on substance abuse
and associated problems among U.S. military personnel, veterans, and their families.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes
of Health, is collaborating with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to award
grants that will examine substance abuse related to deployment and combat related
trauma. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the
National Cancer Institute (NCI) are also NIH partners in this endeavor. NIH is
awarding more than $4 million in grant funding; the VA, around $2 million.

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