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Experimental Drug Promising Against Tough-to-Treat Asthma – U.S. News & World Report

Experimental Drug Promising Against Tough-to-Treat Asthma
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3 (HealthDay News) — A new experimental drug for adults with asthma seems to improve lung function in patients who haven't been helped with standard steroids. The drug, lebrikizumab, targets a specific receptor involved in asthma, and appears to be …
Lebrikizumab Ups Lung Function in Adults With AsthmaDoctors Lounge
Lebrikizumab Improves Lung Function in AsthmaMedscape
Roche asthma drug shows promise in mid-stage trialReuters
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Household Mold During Infancy May Trigger Asthma – U.S. News & World Report


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Household Mold During Infancy May Trigger Asthma
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5 (HealthDay News) — Exposure to household mold in infancy greatly increases a child's risk of developing asthma, a new study says. Researchers analyzed seven years of data collected from 176 children who were followed from infancy as part of the …
Mold Increases Asthma Risk in BabiesIvanhoe
Mould in homes ups child asthma riskIrish Health
Raised asthma risk 'in children exposed to mould'International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
EurekAlert (press release) –Medical Daily –St. Louis American
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Sandoz Negotiates Expanded RoW Rights to Vectura’s Asthma/COPD Drug VR315 – Genetic Engineering News


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Sandoz Negotiates Expanded RoW Rights to Vectura's Asthma/COPD Drug VR315
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The Novartis generics business, Sandoz, negotiated expanded, rest-of-world (excluding the US) rights to Vectura's VR315 candidate combination therapy for asthma/COPD. Sandoz already holds European rights to the dry powder inhaler product. …
Vectura Extends Novartis Deal For VR315 Lung DrugFox Business
VECTURA GROUP PLC : VR315 RoW License Agreement4-traders (press release)
Vectura signs up Sandoz for asthma drug in RoW; good results for ALK Abello …The Pharma Letter
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Socioeconomic Sleuthing Predicts Asthma Readmissions – Family Practice News Digital Network


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Socioeconomic Sleuthing Predicts Asthma Readmissions
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The use of a socioeconomic-based risk index early in the hospital encounter can identify children at significantly increased risk of asthma readmission and family financial strain, a secondary analysis suggests. The study of 601 patients with asthma …
Children Should Rely on Safety Equipment to Prevent School Sports InjuriesSacramento Bee

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Asthma tied to moms’ exposure to magnetic fields – CBS News


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Asthma tied to moms' exposure to magnetic fields
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(CBS) Do power lines cause asthma? How about microwave ovens? Proof is lacking, but a new study shows that the breathing disorder is much more common in children whose moms were exposed to high magnetic fields during pregnancy – from power lines as …
Could the Microwave Oven Be Associated With Children's Asthma?TIME
Magnetic field exposure linked to asthma riskReuters
Electromagnetic Fields Linked to Asthma in KidsWebMD
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Asthma Gene Unique To African Americans – Medical News Today


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Asthma Gene Unique To African Americans
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Geneticists in the US have identified a new gene uniquely linked to asthma in African Americans; a variant of the gene called PYHIN1 that is absent in European Americans. The new national collaboration also confirmed four other "trans-ethnic" asthma …
Gene Variant Has Large Effect on Blacks' Asthma RiskMedPage Today
Gene Increasing Asthma Risk in African-Americans IdentifiedInternational Business Times
Asthma gene found in African AmericansXinhua
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Chris Christie Linked With Weight And Asthma Issue – TRCB News


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Chris Christie Linked With Weight And Asthma Issue
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When the chest X-ray, blood work and EKG of Chris Christie came back normal, the doctors diagnosed an attack of asthma. Chris Christie is a rising Republican star and he often speaks about his struggles for weight loss. Once Chris Christie was invited …
NJ Gov Chris Christie, Sweeney speaking again after asthma attackThe Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)
Chris Christie and Michelle Bachmann raise questions about fitness to run for …newjerseynewsroom.com
Spotlight always on Chris ChristieToday’s Sunbeam – NJ.com

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RIKEN: Genome-wide Study Reveals 3 New Susceptibility Loci for Adult Asthma in … – Japan Corporate News (press release)

RIKEN: Genome-wide Study Reveals 3 New Susceptibility Loci for Adult Asthma in …
Japan Corporate News (press release)
Around the world, hundreds of millions of people suffer from bronchial asthma, a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by symptoms of wheezing, shortness of breath and coughing. In adults, death caused by asthma is by far most prevalent among the …

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