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Vitamin D Deficiency and Lung Function in Asthmatic Children
Newswise (press release) Vitamin D deficiency is associated with poorer lung function in asthmatic children treated with inhaled corticosteroids, according to a new study from researchers in Boston. |
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Asthma Results in Missed Sleep, School Days for Children
Newswise (press release) Research finds missed sleep and morbidity higher in urban youth. |
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50 Percent of Asthmatic Children Have Uncontrolled Symptoms
Newswise (press release) According to a new International Consensus (ICON) on Pediatric Asthma, an alarming 50 percent of children worldwide have uncontrolled symptoms, despite … |
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• The Pediatric Asthma ICON is part of the iCAALL initiative …
Newswise (press release) Less than 50 percent of asthmatic children control their symptoms, despite available treatments. |
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Web-Based Tool Helps Parents Improve on Kids' Asthma Treatment
Newswise (press release) Newswise — SEATTLE: June 13, 2012 — Asthma is the most common chronic illness in adolescents and children, affecting an estimated seven million children up to the age of 17 in the United States. The burden of asthma on children is substantial: kids … Children with asthma marginalized in movies, researcher says |
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Doctors Turn Up the Heat to Treat Severe Asthma, Help Patients Breathe Easier
Newswise (press release) (June 12, 2012) — Doctors at Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) are delivering heat directly to the source to treat patients with severe asthma – a respiratory disease that causes the airways in the lungs to narrow, making it difficult to breathe. Vanderbilt first medical center in Nashville to offer bronchial thermoplasty … |
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Vanderbilt Offers New Therapy to Help Asthma Patients Breathe Easier
Newswise (press release) Newswise — Hannah Andrews, 23, who has suffered from severe asthma since she was a child, is breathing easier now thanks to a new procedure offered at Vanderbilt known as bronchial thermoplasty. Vanderbilt is the first medical center in Nashville to … |
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Why Hot, Humid Air Triggers Symptoms in Patients with Mild Asthma
Newswise (press release) Newswise — May is asthma awareness month, and with summer right around the corner, a study shows that doctors may be closer to understanding why patients with mild asthma have such difficulty breathing during hot, humid weather. |
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America's Epidemics Associated with Poor Asthma Control
Newswise (press release) Newswise — ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (June 1, 2012) – More bad news has surfaced for the 3.1 million baby boomers and older adults with asthma, a number that is expected to double within the next 25 years. According to a study published in the June … Summer's Heat May Enflame Hives |
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Discovery Expected to Shift Research Direction in Lupus and Asthma
Newswise (press release) “Considering that diseases from asthma to lupus can occur because the system mistakenly ramps up the same types of T cell responses it normally uses against worms, our finding that B lymphocytes control the T cell/dendritic cell interactions that … |
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