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Mapping the Portland area's asthma problem
Portland Tribune by: PHOTO COURTESY OF FRIENDS OF TREES – Friends of Trees volunteers plant some of Trees won't cure the Portland area's asthma problem, but they can help ease some of the suffering. Recent studies have linked asthma to vehicle emissions from … |
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Mapping the Portlandarea's asthma problem
Portland Tribune Oregon has one of the nation's five highest asthma rates, afflicting more than 300,000 adults and 83,000 children, according to an Oregon Health Authority report, “The Burden of Asthma in Oregon.” In the decade before the report was released, 47 to 78 … |
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Live asthma mapping opens new frontier in telemedicine
UKauthorITy.com A US project to track and map asthma inhaler use live by satellite is opening up new frontiers in telemedicine with potential benefits for both patients and 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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