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Physicians anticipate more biologics, once-daily treatments for asthma
Healio Physicians anticipate utilizing additional once-daily and novel biologic agents that are expected to be launched in the US by 2018 to treat patients with asthma, according to survey results from Decision Resources Group. Novel biologics that target … |
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Boston Globe |
Lung illnesses more likely near Logan Airport
Boston Globe Children who live in neighborhoods bordering Logan International Airport are as much as four times more likely to wheeze, experience shortness of breath, and exhibit other signs of undiagnosed asthma compared with children who live farther away, … Study Released On Health Impacts Of Logan Airport Health Study on Impacts of Logan Airport out Today |
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Giving antibiotics to infants may make them more prone to asthma, study says
Washington Post By age 3, about 18 percent of the children had developed wheezing or asthma. Compared with those who had never taken antibiotics, children who had taken the medication in infancy were twice as likely to have developed wheezing and 60 percent more … |
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Larry Jones: Learn more about asthma symptoms and treatment
Blue Springs Examiner If a child has wheezing and shortness of breath in addition to these symptoms, the allergy may have progressed into asthma. These respiratory symptoms usually come in episodes set off by various environmental or situational "triggers." Triggers include … |
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Express.co.uk |
Hay fever sufferers more likely to get asthma attacks, warn experts
Express.co.uk Asthma and hay fever are closely related. Studies show that up to 80 per cent of those with asthma also have hay fever. Study authors warn that GPs are failing to treat both conditions together and sufferers tend to “self treat” for years, spending … Link between respiratory allergies and asthma all too often missed |
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Women More Prone to Asthma: Doctors
The New Indian Express According to city doctors gathered at an awareness event on asthma, every 17th woman per 1,000 women suffers from the condition. Women are hospitalised for asthma complications at the rate of 19 per 1 lakh people versus 14 per 1 lakh people in men, … |
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Report: Latinos Three Times More Likely To Die From Asthma Than Other …
Fox News Latino Latinos are three times more likely to die from asthma than other racial or ethnic groups in the United States due in large parts to socioeconomic, housing and health care divides in the country, one environmental non-profit said. With Latino children … |
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ABC News |
Why allergies are affecting more people
Charlotte Observer Every year it seems people grumble, “This is the worst allergy season ever.” But the Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America says it's hard to determine year-to-year the severity of allergy season. However, there are some explanations for why more … The Doctor Is In: Spring allergies & asthma Five things you should know about spring allergies The polar vortex may aggravate pollen allergies |
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No Exam Life Insurance – Asthma Underwriting, Quotes and More Information at …
Insurance News Net (press release) Affordablequoteonline.com has released a new blog post providing information about asthma underwriting for no medical exam life insurance. No Medical exam life insurance plans provide asthma underwriting. This means that clients who are suffering from … |
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Surveyed Pulmonologists and Payers Anticipate More Controls on Branded …
The Providence Journal BURLINGTON, Mass., March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Decision Resources Group finds that as the Affordable Care Act drives up the demand for asthma drugs, exchange-based plans will impose more cost controls and prescribing barriers than commercial … |
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