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Asthma App Improves Patient Health, Eases Doc Jobs
Health Data Management A mobile phone app for asthma patients appears to help them improve their health, according to preliminary results of a study evaluating use of the app. Other dividends of the app include making it easier for clinicians glean useful data, and the study … |
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Certain Jobs May Still Pose Risk for Asthma
iVillage Entertainment WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to chemicals at work causes many cases of asthma, especially for plumbers, spray painters and hair stylists, a new study finds. Researchers in Sweden found many workers are exposed to toxic … Plumbers and spray painters high-risk occupations for asthma |
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Certain Jobs May Still Pose Risk for Asthma
Health.com Seven percent of the asthma cases among women and up to 14 percent among men were linked to the workplace, the researchers recently reported online in the Annals of Occupational Hygiene. “To be able to work proactively, it is essential to show which … Plumbers and spray painters high-risk occupations for asthma |
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 RedOrbit |
Occupational Asthma Risks Higher For Cleaning Jobs
RedOrbit Researchers from Imperial College London recently conducted a study that showed a relationship between jobs related to cleaning and the risk of developing asthma. In the study, the team of investigators recorded the development of asthma in 9,488 … Smoke-Free Laws Linked With Fewer Child Asthma Attacks Cleaning jobs linked to asthma risk Your Job May Be Boosting Your Risk of Asthma |
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 Examiner.com |
Cleaning jobs have been found to be linked to asthma risk
Examiner.com The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute writes that asthma is a chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Asthma causes recurring periods of wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing. Asthma is a serious illness … |
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Examiner.com |
Cleaning jobs linked to asthma risk
EurekAlert (press release) A new study has found strong evidence for a link between cleaning jobs and risk of developing asthma. Researchers at Imperial College London tracked the occurrence of asthma in a group of 9,488 people born in Britain in 1958. Not including those who … Decline in child asthma attacks linked to smoke-free laws Cleaning jobs have been found to be linked to asthma risk Drop In Child Asthma Hospital Admissions Linked To Anti-Smoking Laws |
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 Telegraph.co.uk |
Jobs identified that are linked to greater risk of asthma in adults
Telegraph.co.uk Comments. Almost 10,000 people born in Britain in 1958 were tracked for 15 years and researchers were able to identify which jobs were linked with an increased risk of developing asthma as an adult. It was found that the workplace had a greater … |
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Cleaning Jobs Linked to Asthma Risk
Science Daily (press release) Not including those who had asthma as children, nine per cent developed asthma by age 42. Risks in the workplace were responsible for one in six cases of adult onset asthma – even more than the one in nine cases attributed to smoking, according to the … Workplace link to 1 in 6 cases of adult asthma among UK baby boomers One in Six Cases of Adult Asthma May Be Linked to Workplace |
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CARDIN SAYS WITHDRAWAL OF PROPOSED SMOG STANDARDS WILL HARM MARYLANDERS COST JOBS
PoliticalNews.me (press release) The decision to withdraw the proposed ozone standard is bad for the health of the 140000 Maryland children who have asthma and is based on bad economics. More than half of the smog that leads to asthma attacks every summer comes from out of state. … |
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Report: Moms with jobs have sicker kids
Omaha World-Herald A new study concludes that children of mothers who work outside the home have a 200 percent higher chance of overnight hospitalizations, asthma episodes and injuries or poisonings. The North Carolina State University study involved 89000 kids ages 7 to … Study: Working moms have sicker kids The Buzz On Business Kids of working mums more likely to be ill |
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