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Depression in Pregnancy Raises Kids’ Asthma Risk (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com – Staying stress-free during pregnancy does more than make life happier for a mom-to-be. It also may protect her baby from developing asthma during childhood, according to a new study. Researchers from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health followed 279 inner-city African-American and Dominican women during their pregnancies. The researchers measured the…
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Can Botox Treat Asthma? (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com – The wrinkle-smoother Botox might help alleviate certain symptoms of asthma, researchers say. View full post on Yahoo! News: Health News
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Depression in Pregnancy Linked to Childhood Asthma – LiveScience.com
BBC News Depression in Pregnancy Linked to Childhood AsthmaLiveScience.comHigh levels of anxiety, stress or depression during pregnancy may be associated with a greater risk of asthma for the baby, suggests a new study that focused on inner-city minority women. Somewhat similar findings regarding an association between …Asthma link to premature birthsBBC NewsAsthmatic mothers-to-be and their…
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Bitter-Sweet Find: Taste Receptors Hiding Out in Lungs – LiveScience.com
Daily Mail Bitter-Sweet Find: Taste Receptors Hiding Out in LungsLiveScience.comTo find out what these receptors do in the lung, Liggett and his colleagues exposed bitter compounds to human and mouse airways and to mice with asthma. …Discovery could lead to new asthma treatmentsLos Angeles TimesLungs Have Bitter Taste Receptors That May Help Treat AsthmaTIMETaste Receptors…
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‘Thirdhand Smoke’ Especially Harmful For Asthma Sufferers – LiveScience.com
PhysOrg.com 'Thirdhand Smoke' Especially Harmful For Asthma SufferersLiveScience.comThese "ultrafine" particles, less than 100 nanometers wide, can make their way deep into a person's lungs and could present a bigger threat to asthma …Ozone and cigarette smoke worse for asthma than smoke aloneLos Angeles TimesOzone and nicotine a bad combo for asthma: StudyOneindiaOzone and Nicotine Mix…