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Heartburn drugs ineffective in kids with asthma: Study
News-Medical.net By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD A drug used to treat acid reflux has often been used for hard-to-treat asthma. A new study finds that it does not help children with the breathing disease and may cause side effects. The latest study showed that use of these … |
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Children delivered by caesarean section at slightly elevated risk of asthma …
News-Medical.net A new study supports previous findings that children delivered by caesarean section have an increased risk of developing asthma. The study from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) suggests that children delivered by caesarean section … |
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CMS acknowledges clinical improvement linked with use of Alair Bronchial …
News-Medical.net "It supports what we have confirmed through our clinical trials: bronchial thermoplasty offers a new advancement in the treatment of patients with severe asthma who are not well controlled despite taking recommended doses of asthma medications. … Boston Scientific's Alair thermoplasty system wins CMS approval |
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JHUSON nursing research news
News-Medical.net Clearing the Air for Kids with Asthma—Smoking is off limits in many public places, but it isn't prohibited in private spaces where children live, play, and sleep. While smoking rates are down, as many as two-thirds of inner-city children with asthma … |
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Obese patients may be at increased risk for asthma misdiagnosis
News-Medical.net The prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma is increasing partly because of a link between asthma and obesity. Several factors lead to asthma-like symptoms in obese patients, including the mechanical effect of increased body mass index on lung volumes … |
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Tips for children with allergies or asthma
News-Medical.net The new school year means new clothes, new classes, new teachers – and the same old misery due to sneezing and wheezing for children who have allergies or asthma. From the class hamster to dust mites residing in carpet to germs from cold and flu … |
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Air traffic pollution impacts growth and development of unborn children
News-Medical.net A UK academic is calling for a nationwide study into the effects traffic pollution has on asthma sufferers after his own research in Cairo highlighted health problems in children who may even be affected while still in the womb. … |
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Free, online tool to track exercise-induced asthma
News-Medical.net You may have exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), commonly referred to as exercise-induced asthma. The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) has developed a free, easy-to-use online tool to track your symptoms: … |
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Experts to develop pioneering tool for personalised asthma and COPD therapy
News-Medical.net A team of international experts, led by a University of Leicester researcher based at Glenfield Hospital, is set to develop a pioneering tool to help tailor the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as part of a new EU … |
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Ontario Lung Association to launch new asthma education book to mark World …
News-Medical.net In Ontario, an astounding 1.7 million people have asthma, making it one of the most widespread chronic diseases. Nearly half of them don't have it under control and yet asthma is a disease that must be well managed because there is no cure. … |
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