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Poor home heating linked to asthma rise
Otago Daily Times "Increasing electricity prices increase asthma admissions by reducing the level of home heating. Since asthma is such a prominent problem in developed countries, these findings may have important implications for public health policy," said economics … Hospital asthma admissions linked to electricity prices – research |
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Asthma drug Singulair linked to suicidal thoughts in young people
Herald Sun AN ASTHMA treatment used by 20,000 Australians has been linked to suicidal thoughts in teenagers and children and doctors are being urged to prescribe it with caution. The nation's medicines watchdog has revealed it received 58 reports of adverse … |
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Asthma drug Singulair linked to suicidal thoughts in young people
Adelaide Now AN ASTHMA treatment used by 20,000 Australians has been linked to suicidal thoughts in teenagers and children and doctors are being urged to prescribe it with caution. The nation's medicines watchdog has revealed it received 58 reports of adverse … |
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Childhood Asthma Linked To Traffic Pollution, Study Says
Greener Ideal (blog) A new study printed in the European Respiratory Journal claims that 14 percent of chronic childhood asthma is caused by exposure to traffic pollution. The study, conducted in 10 European cities, challenges the accepted belief that traffic pollution … One out of 7 asthma cases tied to car emissions Study Finds Traffic Pollution as Harmful as Passive Smoking to Children Traffic Pollution Is as Harmful for Kids as Second-hand Smoke |
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Traffic linked to chronic childhood asthma
UPI.com Lead author Dr. Laura Perez of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute said until now, traffic pollution was assumed to only trigger asthma symptoms, but the research did not account for chronic asthma caused by the specific range of toxicants … It's official: Traffic pollution can cause asthma in children Traffic pollution causes as much childhood asthma as passive smoking Traffic pollution 'causes asthma in children' |
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Amino acid linked to asthma, obesity combo
Futurity: Research News "We will soon begin a small pilot study to see whether citrulline supplements can help alleviate symptoms in patients who fit this profile of late-onset asthma, obesity and decreased exhaled NO," says lead author Fernando Holguin. (Credit: Jessica … |
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Exposure to violence, gene changes linked to asthma in Puerto Rican children
Medical Xpress Puerto Rican children who have asthma are more likely to be exposed to violence and to have changes in a gene that is associated with stress, according to a new study led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the University of … |
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Urinary bisphenol A levels linked to asthma risk in children
News-Medical.net "Although the strength of the associations is modest, this is the first cohort study to report an association between childhood urinary BPA concentrations and asthma in children," comment the researchers in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. |
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BPA, childhood asthma linked
Chico News & Review The chemical bisphenol A (BPA), commonly used in household plastics, has been linked to childhood asthma, according to a new study. A Columbia University research team tested 568 children and their mothers in New York City, finding that children with … |
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Grandmother's Smoking Linked to Asthma
The Inquisitr If your grandmother smoked, you may be more likely to have asthma — even if your mother didn't smoke. That's the finding written by two Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute researchers just published in the March edition of the Review of … Grandmother's Smoking Linked to Asthma in Grandchild Grandmas Who Smoke May Be Cause of Asthma in Grandchildren How your grandmother's smoking habit could affect YOUR health: Cigarettes can … |
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