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EarthTalk: Traffic Pollution and Asthma
Kansas City infoZine Westport, CT – infoZine – E/The Environmental Magazine – Living near a roadway certainly does exacerbate asthma, especially for kids. To wit, a recent study by the University of Southern California (USC)—the most comprehensive by far to date on this … |
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Bacterial Protein in House Dust Spurs Asthma
Kansas City infoZine "Most people with asthma have allergic asthma, resulting largely from allergic responses to inhaled substances," said the paper's corresponding author Donald Cook, Ph.D., an NIEHS scientist. His research team began the study to identify environmental … |
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Treatment of Silent Acid Reflux Does Not Improve Asthma in Children
Kansas City infoZine Adding the acid reflux drug lansoprazole to a standard inhaled steroid treatment for asthma does not improve asthma control in children who have no symptom of acid reflux. Washington, DC – infoZine – Lansoprazole therapy slightly increased the risk of … Children's Asthma Not Eased by Anti-Reflux Drug Lansoprazole 'ineffective in asthma treatment for children' Acid reflux drug does not improve asthma symptoms in kids |
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Asthma Rates on the Increase
Kansas City infoZine Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that asthma rates in the US have doubled in the last three decades? What's behind this troubling trend and what can we do to reverse it? – Patrick, via e-mail Westport, CT – infoZine – E/The Environmental Magazine – Asthma is … |
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Most Recognize Allergies Are Serious but Don't Know Who Should Treat Condition
Kansas City infoZine More than a third (37 percent) of people who responded said they have allergies, including allergic rhinitis, asthma, hay fever, sinus allergies, … Healthy Air Tip of the Month: Beware indoor air When love can hurt Food Allergy? Be Careful Whom You Kiss on Valentine's Day |
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KCMO New Asthma Program
Kansas City infoZine The City of Kansas City, Mo., in partnership with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, has initiated a new asthma control and prevention … |
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