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Study: Sunshine Prevents Asthma Attacks
Newsmax A little sunshine may be good for what ails you, particularly if you suffer from asthma. That's the upshot of a new study by a Tel Aviv University researcher that suggests catching some rays boosts vitamin D, which can help prevent asthma attacks … |
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Clue to Curing Asthma?
Newsmax "If we can target ILC2s, we might be able to cure asthma or exacerbations caused by these particular cells," says principal investigator Dr. Omid Akbari, an associate professor of molecular and cellular immunology at the University of Southern California. Interacting proteins could hold the key to a cure for asthma |
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Manage Asthma Every Day
Newsmax Health What do soccer superstar David Beckham and snake-loving rocker Alice Cooper have in common? Asthma! They've both contended with this life-threatening lung inflammation since they were young children. Their success stories should offer some comfort to … |
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Asthma Raises Heart Attack Risk by 70 Percent: Mayo Study
Newsmax Health "People with asthma should make an effort to optimally control their asthma symptoms, because proper asthma control not only improves asthma symptoms and quality of life but also reduces the risk of heart attack," said Dr. Young Juhn, a pediatrics … |
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Sunshine Prevents Asthma Attacks: Study
Newsmax Health Asthma is typically managed with medication and by avoiding allergens and other triggers. But the new study suggests asthmatics with vitamin D deficiency are 25 percent more likely to experience acute attacks and that getting some sun can address the … |
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Sleeping on Animal Fur Fights Asthma: Study
Newsmax Health "Previous studies have suggested that microbes found in rural settings can protect from asthma. An animal skin might also be a reservoir for various kinds of microbes, following similar mechanisms as has been observed in rural environments," Christina … |
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Report: Living Near Equator Hikes Allergy and Asthma Risk
Newsmax Health This increased risk appears to be related to exposure to ultraviolet-B rays in sunlight, according to the authors of the report published in the February issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. "UV-B rays exposure is higher for people living … Geographic Factors Can Cause Allergies, Asthma: People Living Close to the … People living close to equator more likely to have asthma, allergies Latitude and UV-B exposure influence allergy and asthma risk |
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Study: Colds Worsen Asthma
Newsmax Health People with asthma are especially vulnerable to this virus-induced coughing, said the researchers from Queen's University Belfast. The cough receptors also are known as transient receptor potential (TRP) receptors. "TRP receptors respond to chemical … |
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Reasons for Asthma Rate Surge Unclear
Newsmax Health For years scientists and physicians believed that the rising rates of asthma across the globe were due to a cleaner world. That is, improved sanitary conditions meant that the immune system had less exposure to infectious agents and as a result … |
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