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How Obesity May Lead To Asthma — And Perhaps How To Break That Link
WBUR This just in from Boston Children's Hospital: The immune system may play a key role in the asthma that can develop along with obesity — and that new understanding may point to possible ways to stop or treat obesity-related asthma. A finding of broad … A treatment for obesity-associated asthma Obesity May Cause Asthma by Altering the Immune System |
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No link to air toxics in pediatric asthma prevalence
medwireNews medwireNews: A nationwide US study has found that early exposure to ambient air toxics does not associate with the prevalence of asthma in young children. The results are somewhat surprising, given that air toxics – a list of 187 pollutants deemed … |
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Exposure to microscopic worms may be the link to asthma and allergies
TVNZ New Zealand scientists think they may have discovered one reason why more and more of us are getting asthma, severe skin and food allergies. It is thought our exposure to microscopic worms like hook and ascaris worm from a young age might help boost … |
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Link between Calpol and asthma 'not proven'
Nursing Times Babies given Calpol just once a month “are five times as likely to develop asthma”, the Daily Mail reports. The headline was prompted by a study that suggested Spanish babies given paracetamol during their first year of life had an increased risk of … |
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Mental health–asthma link heightened by obesity
News-Medical.net Data from Norway suggest that anxiety and depression interact with obesity to increase the risk for adult-onset asthma. The findings, which came from the Nord–Trøndelag Health Study, show that individuals with anxiety or depression on the Hospital … |
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Secondhand Smoke, Asthma Link Remains
MedPage Today From 1999 to 2010, the overall rate of exposure to secondhand smoke among children without asthma declined from 57.3% to 44.2%, but the exposure rate remained nearly constant over the same time period for children with asthma, only declining from … |
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Second-Hand Smoke, Asthma Link Remains
MedPage Today From 1999 to 2010, the overall rate of exposure to second hand smoke among children without asthma declined from 57.3% to 44.2%, but the exposure rate remained nearly constant over the same time period for children with asthma, only declining from … |
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Early childhood respiratory infections may explain link between analgesics and …
St. Louis American A new study conducted by Boston researchers reports that the link between asthma and early childhood use of acetaminophen or ibuprofen may be driven by underlying respiratory infections that prompt the use of these analgesics, rather than the drugs … |
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Helping children succeed in school Link between obesity and asthma
The Star Online THE first five years of life are the years of learning that shape kids' futures, child care experts advise. That's why health screenings are so crucial to future success – and why many parents are pleased to learn about an easy and effective way to … |
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Study finds link in genes for obesity and asthma
University at Buffalo Reporter “Our findings point the way to the management of asthma in the obese through simple weight reduction,” says first author Paresh Dandona, SUNY Distinguished Professor and chief of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism in the UB School of Medicine and … UB Studies Find Biological Links between Obesity, Asthma |
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