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Can We Reduce Childhood Asthma and Lower Costs, Too?
Brookings Institution (blog) Asthma can be a frightening disease, especially for young children struggling to breathe during an asthma attack. Parents can be equally scared watching their child gasp for breath, not sure how to help. 800,000 times a year panicked parents rush their … |
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TheHealthSite |
Sleeping On Animal Fur Can Lower Asthma Risk
TIME The research, just presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress, examined data from 2,441 German children and found an association between sleeping on animal fur, like sheepskin rugs or throws, during their first three months … Asthma risk reduced in babies sleeping on animal fur Can the electronic nose change asthma treatment? Exposure to Animal Fur Early in Life Reduces Asthma Risk |
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Putting Baby to Sleep on Animal Fur May Lower Asthma Risk: Study
HealthDay 7, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Infants who sleep on animal fur may be less likely to develop asthma later in childhood, new research suggests. The study included more than 2,400 healthy city-dwelling newborns in Germany who were followed until age 10. Sleeping on animal fur in infancy found to reduce risk of asthma Fur 'thwarts asthma' A fur blanket for babies can stop allergies |
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Foreign-born US adults experienced lower asthma prevalence
Healio Foreign-born American adults had a lower prevalence of asthma compared with native-born Americans, according to recent study results. Jonathan I. Silverberg, MD, PhD, MPH, of the department of dermatology at Northwestern University in Chicago, and … |
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Nemours aims to lower asthma rate
The News Journal With her son being an asthma sufferer, Cain figured keeping him away from the fumes of cleaning products would help him avoid having an attack. That night, however, Amir woke up complaining about a headache. Cain said the fumes had lingered and were … |
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Mother Nature Network (blog) |
Asthma rates lower in infants exposed to dander and droppings
Mother Nature Network (blog) They not only found that infants exposed to some of these specific bacteria have much less chance of getting asthma later in life, but they also found that those exposed to all three allergens (pet, mouse and cockroach) had even less chance of getting … |
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Science World Report |
Air Pollution Controls Lower Death Rates from Asthma and Emphysema in North …
Science World Report Now, scientists have found that air pollution controls may be doing some good for public health. It turns out that controls that went into effect in the early 1990s coincide with decreasing death rates from emphysema, asthma and pneumonia in North … Cleaner air contributes to fewer asthma, emphysema deaths Air Pollution Controls Linked To Lower Death Rates From Respiratory Illnesses … Air pollution controls linked to lower death rates in North Carolina |
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Bioscience Technology |
Newborns Exposed to Allergens May Have Lower Allergy, Asthma Risk
Bioscience Technology Infants exposed to rodent and pet dander, roach allergens and a wide variety of household bacteria in the first year of life appear less likely to suffer from allergies, wheezing and asthma, according to results of a study conducted by scientists at … |
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ModVive |
Asthma Risk Lower in Children Exposed to Select Allergens, Study Finds
ModVive Asthma is a severe disease affecting over 230 million people worldwide, however, the disease affects populations disproportionately with lower income communities suffering at higher rates. A recent study sought to identify risk factors responsible for … |
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Dirtier' Homes Lower Asthma Risk In Infants During Their First Year Of Life
Medical Daily The evidence suggests that early exposure to a range of bacteria and allergens during the first year of life was associated with lower asthma rates. However, greater exposure to those same pathogens during the course of the first three years of life … |
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