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Asthma exacerbation and proximity of residence to major roads: a population …
7thSpace Interactive (press release) The relationship between asthma and traffic-related pollutants has received considerable attention. The use of individual-level exposure measures, such as residence location or proximity to emission sources, may avoid ecological biases. … |
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Hopkins Researcher Has Major Asthma Finding
WJZ One in 15 people in the US have asthma, but in our nation's inner cities, it's one in four who have the condition that makes it so hard to breathe. … |
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A major research effort to develop medical products to diagnose, prevent
and treat the short- and long-term consequences of radiation exposure
after a radiological or nuclear terrorist attack has been renewed today
by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
part of the National Institutes of Health.
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Scanning the genomes of more than 100,000 people from all over the world, scientists report the largest set of genes discovered underlying high cholesterol and high triglycerides — the major risk factors for coronary heart disease, the nation’s number one killer. Taken together, the gene variants explain between a quarter and a third of the inherited portions of cholesterol and triglyceride measured in the blood. The research, representing scientists from 17 countries, appears in two papers in the Aug. 5 issue of Nature.
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