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November 5, 2014

Children’s asthma found to improve after adenotonsillectomy – Medical News Today

Children's asthma found to improve after adenotonsillectomy
Medical News Today
In the study, published in PLoS Medicine, the authors compared the hospital admissions and prescriptions of children with asthma before and after having adenotonsillectomy surgery, in order to assess whether the control of their asthma improved …
Study: Tonsil removal for children with sleep apnea decreases asthma severityNews-Medical.net
Sleep Apnea Procedure May Improve Childhood AsthmadailyRx
Tonsil removal for youth with sleep apnea may improve asthma, study saysFox News

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November 5, 2014

Study from Health Department, Montefiore Medical Center targets rodents, pests … – New York Daily News

New York Daily News

Study from Health Department, Montefiore Medical Center targets rodents, pests …
New York Daily News
Asthma relief might be as simple as ridding the house of roaches and mice. Researchers from the city Health Department and Montefiore Medical Center are recruiting low-income Bronx children with the respiratory ailment for a new study to test if pest …

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November 4, 2014

Genetic damage caused by asthma shows up in circulating blood stream, too – Medical Xpress

Genetic damage caused by asthma shows up in circulating blood stream, too
Medical Xpress
Asthma may be more harmful than was previously thought, according to UCLA researchers who found that genetic damage is present in circulating, or peripheral, blood. Doctors previously thought that the genetic damage it caused was limited to the lungs.

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November 4, 2014

Surgery for sleep apnea improves asthma control – Medical Xpress

Surgery for sleep apnea improves asthma control
Medical Xpress
Asthma is a common and costly respiratory disease. It is the third-most prevalent chronic pediatric disease in the United States, affecting an estimated 7.1 million children under the age of 18, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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November 4, 2014

Asthma patients reduce symptoms, improve lung function with shallow breaths … – Medical Xpress

Medical Xpress

Asthma patients reduce symptoms, improve lung function with shallow breaths …
Medical Xpress
The results suggest asthma patients using behavioral therapy in conjunction with their daily asthma medicine can improve their lung health over the long-term, said principal investigators Thomas Ritz and Alicia E. Meuret, both SMU clinical psychologists.

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October 30, 2014

Asthma lets up with vitamin D consumption – helpmeoutDOC News – A consistent flow of medical news

helpmeoutDOC News – A consistent flow of medical news

Asthma lets up with vitamin D consumption
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Vitamin D's influence on asthma has been regarded with skepticism, but Dr. Ronit Confino-Cohen of Tel Aviv University considers Vitamin D able to regulate body's immune responses, reducing asthma's influence over the immune system. “Most of the …

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October 29, 2014

Vitamin D deficiency linked to increased risk of asthma attacks – Medical News Today

Medical News Today

Vitamin D deficiency linked to increased risk of asthma attacks
Medical News Today
"Vitamin D has significant immunomodulatory effects and, as such, was believed to have an effect on asthma – an immunologically mediated disease," notes study author Dr. Ronit Confino-Cohen, of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University.
Vitamin D, sunlight, help asthma sufferersSan Diego Jewish World
Sunshine Prevents Asthma Attacks: StudyNewsmax Health
Asthma attacks can be controlled by Vitamins DZee News
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October 24, 2014

Overweight kids misinterpret asthma symptoms, potentially overuse medication – Medical Xpress

Overweight kids misinterpret asthma symptoms, potentially overuse medication
Medical Xpress
New research shows obese children with asthma may mistake symptoms of breathlessness for loss of asthma control leading to high and unnecessary use of rescue medications. The study was published online in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical …
Obese Asthmatics Overuse Rescue MedicationsPharmacy Times

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October 22, 2014

Mepolizumab May Substantially Reduce Asthma Exacerbations – JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Mepolizumab May Substantially Reduce Asthma Exacerbations
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
Mepolizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against interleukin-5, significantly reduced asthma exacerbations and improved quality of life among patients treated with inhaled glucocorticoids, according to a randomized, placebo-controlled trial with …

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October 19, 2014