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Surveyed Pulmonologists and Payers Anticipate More Controls on Branded …
PR Newswire (press release) 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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Asthma more common in eosinophilic esophagitis than previously thought
Family Practice News Digital Network While previous studies have estimated the prevalence of asthma in children with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), to range from 24-42%, a recent analysis presented during a late-breaker abstract session at annual meeting of the American Academy of … |
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Secondhand Smoke Can Hurt Kids With Asthma More
dailyRx Yoshiki Kobayashi, MD, from the Airway Disease Section of the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London in England, led a team of researchers who investigated how passive smoking affected children's response to their asthma … |
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Black Children, Teens More Likely to Return to Hospital for Asthma: Study
Health.com MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Financial and social hardships are the major reasons black children and teens are twice as likely as whites to be readmitted to the hospital for asthma, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at nearly 800 … Hardships explain much of hospital asthma readmissions among black children … Asthmatic black children risk higher readmission rates Study: African-American kids twice as likely to be readmitted to a hospital … |
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Black Children, Teens More Likely to Return to Hospital for Asthma: Study
U.S. News & World Report MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Financial and social hardships are the major reasons black children and teens are twice as likely as whites to be readmitted to the hospital for asthma, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at nearly 800 … Hardships explain much of hospital asthma readmissions among black children … Asthmatic black children risk higher readmission rates |
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Women who catch a cold during pregnancy are more likely to have a baby with …
Daily Mail Allergist Dr Mitch Grayson, Annals deputy editor and fellow of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, said: 'In addition, these same children that had early exposure to allergens, such as house dust and pet hair, had increased odds of … |
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Black Children, Teens More Likely to Return to Hospital for Asthma: Study
HealthDay 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Financial and social hardships are the major reasons black children and teens are twice as likely as whites to be readmitted to the hospital for asthma, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at nearly 800 asthma patients, … Hardships explain much of hospital asthma readmissions among black children … Study: African-American kids twice as likely to be readmitted to a hospital … |
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Obese children more susceptible to asthma from air pollution
environmentalresearchweb Obese children exposed to high levels of air pollutants were nearly three times as likely to have asthma, compared with non-obese children and lower levels of pollution exposure, report researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC … |
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Asthma, Wheezing Disorders More Common In Premature Babies
Medical Daily (Photo courtesy of Shutterstock) Premature babies' underdeveloped lungs contribute to a higher risk of developing asthma and other wheezing disorders as children, according to a new study. One out of eight babies is born prematurely (preterm) — before … Preterm birth is associated with increased risk of asthma and wheezing disorders Premature Birth Linked to Asthma, Wheezing in Childhood Preterm Birth Linked with Asthma |
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Obese Children More Susceptible to Asthma from Air Pollution
Science Daily (press release) Jan. 22, 2014 — Obese children exposed to high levels of air pollutants were nearly three times as likely to have asthma, compared with non-obese children and lower levels of pollution exposure, report researchers at Columbia University Medical Center … |
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