UWM researchers land NIH grant to develop asthma treatment – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)

UWM researchers land NIH grant to develop asthma treatment
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
The National Institutes of Health awarded a grant worth almost $2 million to chemists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who are working to find a new drug for asthma. The four-year grant is for research to develop an asthma drug with fewer side

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Secondhand smoke may land asthmatic children in hospital – Boston Globe


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Secondhand smoke may land asthmatic children in hospital
Boston Globe
Children with asthma who are exposed to secondhand smoke at home or in a car are at increased risk of ending up in the hospital within a year of their asthma diagnosis, a new study found. The researchers looked at cotinine levels in the blood and
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Secondhand smoke exposure increases odds of hospital asthma readmission EurekAlert (press release)
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Pollen’s blight returns for asthma, hay-fever sufferers – Stock and Land


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Pollen's blight returns for asthma, hay-fever sufferers
Stock and Land
Professor Douglass said high grass pollen counts could also aggravate asthma, particularly when followed by a thunderstorm in a phenomenon known as ''thunderstorm asthma''. A rapid rise in humidity, which often precedes a thunderstorm, can cause
Hayfever season officially starts today with first pollen countHealthCanal.com

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As Heat Dries Land And Lake, Asthma Fears Rise In Imperial County – Fronteras: The Changing America Desk

As Heat Dries Land And Lake, Asthma Fears Rise In Imperial County
Fronteras: The Changing America Desk
He drove me along the main road that cuts through the several small cities that make up the Imperial Valley, pointing out the various sources of air pollution he feels are aggravating this area's asthma problem. There's the fallow land, the burning of

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As Heat Dries Land And Lake, Asthma Rates Increase In Imperial County – Fronteras: The Changing America Desk

As Heat Dries Land And Lake, Asthma Rates Increase In Imperial County
Fronteras: The Changing America Desk
He drove me along the main road that cuts through the several small cities that make up the Imperial Valley, pointing out the various sources of air pollution he feels are aggravating this area's asthma problem. There's the fallow land, the burning of

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