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Studies Probe Links Between Childhood Asthma and Obesity
JAMA_ The Journal of the American Medical Association For decades, investigators have been documenting associations between obesity and asthma in adults, although the underlying mechanisms involved have remained largely unknown. Ongoing work is revealing a link in children as well and is providing new … |
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Does Lack of Dietary Fiber and Obesity Cause Asthma?
PR Web (press release) The short-chain fatty acid propionate was found to set off a chain reaction that strengthens the immune system's response to allergens in the lungs, thereby lowering the occurrence of asthmatic symptoms. The researchers noted that as the average amount … |
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Pediatric collaborative targets obesity, asthma
Asheville Citizen-Times North Carolina has a higher rate of asthma in children than the rest of the nation, and childhood obesity continues to be a problem across the region. In 2011 in Buncombe County, more than 34 percent of elementary school age students were overweight or … |
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Obesity And Air Pollution Lead To More Asthma In Kids
Science 2.0 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, according to a new report. The curves match, anyway. Both childhood … Obese children more susceptible to asthma from air pollution Obese Children Exposed to Air Pollution More Likely Than Peers to Develop … |
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Study allegedly identifies immunological connection between obesity and asthma
Lexology (registration) A recent animal study has allegedly identified a new immunological connec- tion between obesity and asthma involving “inflammasome activation and production of cytokine interleukin-17 by innate lymphoid cells in the lung,” according to a concurrent … |
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Study to look at asthma drug for treating diabetes, obesity
Healio This month, researchers will initiate a human study looking at the asthma drug amlexanox for treatment of diabetes and obesity. In a study published in December, Alan R. Saltiel, PhD, the Mary Sue Coleman Director of the Life Sciences Institute at the … |
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How Obesity May Lead To Asthma — And Perhaps How To Break That Link
WBUR This just in from Boston Children's Hospital: The immune system may play a key role in the asthma that can develop along with obesity — and that new understanding may point to possible ways to stop or treat obesity-related asthma. A finding of broad … A treatment for obesity-associated asthma Obesity May Cause Asthma by Altering the Immune System |
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Obesity May Cause Asthma by Altering the Immune System
Sacramento Bee BOSTON, Dec. 15, 2013 — New biological targets may make asthma in people with obesity easier to treat. BOSTON, Dec. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Research conducted at Boston Children's Hospital indicates that obesity might cause asthma via … |
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Obesity May Cause Asthma by Altering the Immune System
PR Newswire (press release) BOSTON, Dec. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Research conducted at Boston Children's Hospital indicates that obesity might cause asthma via factors in the immune system and suggests a new way of treating asthma in obese people—who often … |
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Mental health–asthma link heightened by obesity
News-Medical.net Data from Norway suggest that anxiety and depression interact with obesity to increase the risk for adult-onset asthma. The findings, which came from the Nord–Trøndelag Health Study, show that individuals with anxiety or depression on the Hospital … |
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