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Better inhaler lessons can prevent asthma emergencies
Business Insider Reuters Health – A major weakness of asthma care is that many patients don't know how to use inhalers to deliver life-saving medicine when they're gasping for air. The fix may be as simple as taking more time to teach patients how the devices work, a U … |
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Kuantan folk blame bauxite mining for rise in asthma, respiratory cases
The Malaysian Insider Bauxite mining in Felda Bukit Sagu, Kuantan. The health of Kuantan folk is suffering as a result of the rampant mining in the state. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Afif Abd Halim, December 19, 2015.There has to be only one explanation, teacher Syed … |
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Air pollution linked to asthma in children and teens
Business Insider (Reuters Health) – Exposure to air pollution early in life may contribute to the development of asthma in childhood and adolescence, a European study suggests. Researchers followed more than 14,000 children from birth through ages 14 to 16 and found … |
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Owning a dog may protect your kids from an exhausting chronic disease
Tech Insider (blog) Children who grow up with dogs may be 15% less likely to develop asthma than kids who don't, according to a new study published Nov. 2 in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. Early exposures to farm animals, the study also found, add some immune-boosting … Exposure to animals tied to lower asthma rates in children Decreased Asthma Risk In Children Raised With Dogs Children Exposed To Domestic Animals Have Lesser Risk Of Having Asthma, Study Says |
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Cesarean birth may raise baby's risk of asthma, diabetes and obesity
Business Insider (Reuters Health) – Cesarean section may leave babies vulnerable to chronic health problems such as asthma, diabetes and obesity, a new analysis hints. Much of the research included in the study cannot prove that C-section delivery causes medical issues … Babies born by C-section may be more likely to be obese, have asthma or … New study explores whether newborns delivered by c-section face higher risk of … |
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What Apple has learned from ResearchKit so far
Business Insider In addition to its data on Parkison's, said Williams, another app called the asthma app is helping researchers at Mount Sinai pinpoint different triggers for asthma. In Texas, for example, heat came up as one of the main possible triggers for asthma in … What Apple has learned from ResearchKit so far – including that anger causes … |
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Inhaler ban boosts costs for people with asthma
Business Insider (Reuters Health) – A 2008 ban on chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) has ended up being particularly costly for people with asthma. The ban changed the type of albuterol inhaler available in the U.S., and since then costs have gone up and inhaler use has gone … |
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Scientists are working on a product that could change everything for asthma …
Business Insider Advanced Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) at North Carolina State University Director Veena Misra and her multidisciplinary team are using nanotechnology to develop small, wearable sensors that monitor a person's immediate … |
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FDA staff finds no new safety problems with Glaxo's asthma drug
Business Insider (Reuters) – GlaxoSmithKline Plc's respiratory treatment for chronic breathing problems did not show any new safety problems in treating asthma, a preliminary review by U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff found. The review comes two days ahead of a … Ad Comm meeting approaches for expanded indication for Glaxo's COPD med … |
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ResearchKit partner: Apple is doing something incredible that was 'simply not …
Business Insider Of all the announcements Apple made on Monday, ResearchKit, which measures health data from iPhone users to be used in medical research, may have the broadest influence on society. Corey Bridges, the CEO of the company who developed the Asthma … Apple Introduces ResearchKit, Giving Medical Researchers the Tools to … Apple's ResearchKit Is Expanding Research Frontiers For Parkinson's, Asthma … Apple Launches "ResearchKit" for Medical Studies |
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