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Study identifies Olympic athletes with asthma and airway hyper-responsiveness
News-Medical.net Based on data from the last five Olympic games, a study by the University of Western Australia has identified those athletes with asthma and airway hyper-responsiveness. With a prevalence of around 8% they are the most common chronic conditions among … |
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Asthma and Olympic Athletes
NBC4 Washington They are, of course, the picture of health. But believe it or not, Olympic athletes are more prone to suffer from asthma than the general population. More than 20 percent of the U.S. Olympic team competing in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games reportedly … |
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London Pollution Could Affect Olympic Athletes' Performance
WIBW Demanding workouts in the polluted air could spell trouble particularly for those athletes that already have conditions such as asthma or exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), a narrowing of the airways that makes it hard to move air out of the … |
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London pollution could affect Olympic athletes' performance
CNN (blog) Demanding workouts in the polluted air could spell trouble particularly for those athletes that already have conditions such as asthma or exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB), a narrowing of the airways that makes it hard to move air out of the … Will London air sicken Olympic athletes? |
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Olympic Games / Drug suspicions / Traces of banned substance found in marathon …
Haaretz The Olympic Committee of Israel revealed yesterday that traces of a substance normally found in inhalers for asthma sufferers were detected, but the OCI will wait until the results of a second test bottle arrive on Friday. Olympics: Israeli Olympian Zemiro fails drug test |
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Asthma rate at record high; clean Olympic air helped hearts
USA TODAY By Kim Painter, USA TODAY Asthma count: The share of the US population with asthma has reached the highest level ever, 8.4% in 2010, up from 7.3% in 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. While deaths are dropping, the impact is … |
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Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Misty May-Treanor Urges Allergy Sufferers to …
MarketWatch (press release) HORSHAM, Pa., April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Teva Respiratory and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) announced today the launch of a national awareness campaign – Ditch the Drip, Get Serious about Nasal Allergies – aimed at … Breathe Easy During Your Workout: Exercising With Allergies or Asthma |
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Mask, train, pray for rain: Olympic 10000 meter hopeful Galen Rupp battles …
Washington Post The American 10000 meter record-holder has exercise-induced asthma, along with severe allergies to pollen and other airborne particles that can make it difficult for him to breathe. Although his training and competition schedules can be captive to … |
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Asthmatic Olympic hopeful, 18, gets her breath back after voice training stops …
Daily Mail She says the vocal training has knocked 10 seconds off her track time A talented athlete whose sporting career was thrown into jeopardy after she was diagnosed with asthma has got her breath back thanks to pioneering treatment. … |
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Warning: Olympic Banned Asthma Drug Terbutaline In Preterm Labor
Medical News Today Terbutaline (Brethine) is one of the most frequently used drugs in the treatment of preterm labor. A new form of giving terbutaline, the continuous subcutaneous infusion pump, allows terbutaline to be easily given around the clock without the need for … FDA warns against using asthma drug terbutaline to delay premature births FDA Issues Warning on Asthma Drug in Preterm Labor Asthma drug not safe for obstetric use |
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