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Clean Power Plan can make difference with asthma
The Philadelphia Tribune May is also Asthma Awareness Month, when it is imperative that we highlight the critical link between the air we breathe and our health in order to improve both. This is where policy comes into play, and where the Clean Power Plan can make a real … |
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Penn State News |
Penn State and Philadelphia schools fight pests that trigger asthma
Penn State News PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Asthma is a chronic lung disease affecting 10 percent of school-aged children in the United States. In Philadelphia, this number jumps to almost 25 percent, and in some neighborhoods, nearly 50 percent of school-aged children have … |
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Philadelphia Business Journal |
Asthma medicine approval is a local success story
Philadelphia Business Journal … Reporter Philadelphia Business Journal. Stephen Tullman, managing partner of NeXeption. Enlarge. Stephen Tullman, managing partner of NeXeption. Jeff Fusco. FDA approval for the asthma drug Cinqair illustrates the benefits of one deal that got done. |
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Daily Star Gazette |
Asthma risk in babies is increasing Air Pollution during pregnancy – Philadelphia Daily Science
Daily Star Gazette Women should steer clear of air pollution during their pregnancy as this could increase asthma risk in babies. risk of developing asthma is more when the women exposed to air pollution during pregnancy than in the children who are before the age of … |
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CNN |
Childhood Asthma Rates Calm Down: Study
NBC 10 Philadelphia Asthma rates in U.S. children have quieted down after a decades-long increase, a government study found, and researchers are trying to pinpoint reasons that would explain the trend. A possible plateau in childhood obesity rates and declines in air … The asthma epidemic levels off for most, not for poor children or kids in the … |
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Philadelphia Business Journal |
Research group questions price of GlaxoSmithKline's new asthma drug
Philadelphia Business Journal The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, a Boston-based nonprofit research organization that studies the effectiveness and value of drugs, issued a draft report Monday that said the price of GlaxoSmithKline's new asthma medicine Nucala should be … Independent group says new Glaxo asthma drug far too expensive |
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How to Find Out if Your Baby's Rash Might Lead to Asthma
Philadelphia Magazine (blog) Many studies have indicated that approximately half of children with atopic dermatitis (also known as eczema according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology) develop asthma. Infants who present with atopic dermatitis may progress to … |
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Philadelphia Magazine (blog) |
How Aspirin Can Make Your Asthma and Sinus Congestion Worse
Philadelphia Magazine (blog) Usually we can cite the common culprits for sinus congestion and asthma (pesky allergens and exercise come to mind), but aspirin can also exacerbate asthma and sinus congestion. And for those who suffer from this, aspirin allergy desensitization might … |
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Prepare asthmatic students to go back to school
The Philadelphia Tribune As the days wind down for summer, and talk in households around the country turns to preparing for back-to-school, many parents and kids are preparing for another school year with the challenges of asthma. Asthma is a reversible lung disease caused by … |
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Philadelphia Business Journal (blog) |
Suffer from asthma or diabetes? There's a new app for that
Philadelphia Business Journal (blog) Diabetics and asthma sufferers who are members of Independence Blue Cross now have access to a new app, developed by CareCam Health Systems, to help them self-manage their care. IBC and CareCam of Conshohocken, Pa., formed a partnership in … Independence Blue Cross Collaborates with CareCam Health Systems to Help … |
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