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AACR: Hay Fever, Asthma Tied to Lower Colorectal Cancer Death
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (HealthDay News) – People with both hay fever and asthma have a modestly reduced risk of dying from colorectal cancer, according to a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer … Study: Allergies May Protect from Colon Cancer |
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Bradford physician reveals drug breakthrough for asthma patients
Bradford Telegraph and Argus Startling results of a research trial in Bradford into the effectiveness of a drug to treat severe allergic asthma have been presented to the European Respiratory Society congress in Vienna. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was one of … |
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State medical board disciplines Soquel physician
San Jose Mercury News The medical board's investigation found Yarema had seen the patient at the San Francisco Bay Therapeutic Hemp Care in Milpitas on July 25, 2010, and took a medical history indicating the patient had asthma since birth and smoked marijuana to decrease … |
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LABA Withdrawal Increases Asthma-Related Impairment
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (HealthDay News) – For patients with asthma controlled with a combination of an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and a long-acting ?2-agonist (LABA), withdrawal of the LABA once asthma is controlled correlates with increased asthma-associated impairment. |
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British-trained physician wants to empower parents to manage asthma problems …
St. Louis Beacon By Robert Joiner, Beacon staff Dr. Jane Garbutt may be on the trail of a complex and effective low-tech approach to helping parents do better jobs in handling asthma in their children. Robert Boston Jane Garbutt, MBChB (center, right), goes over data … |
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In the Literature: Physician Reviews of HM-Related Research
The Hospitalist Online IDSA/ATS guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia; Improved asthma with IL-13 antibody; Rivaroxaban vs. warfarin for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation; Apixaban vs. warfarin for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation; Ultrasonography more … |
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MSU professor, physician to discuss exercised-induced asthma for SVSU speaker …
The Saginaw News – MLive.com Dr. Robert Baker will help dispel myths of exercised-induced asthma at a talk at Saginaw Valley State University. Baker, director of the primary care sports medicine fellowship at the Michigan State University-Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies in … |
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Leukotrienes similarly effective to LABAs at treating asthma
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants Clinical question What is the best initial or add-on therapy for asthma in the real world primary care setting? Bottom line This pragmatic trial found support for leukotriene inhibitors (LTIs) as initial therapy for asthma and as add-on therapy when an … |
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Association Between Physician Competence at Licensure and the Quality of …
Archives of Internal Medicine Asthma is a serious public health problem, and suboptimal asthma management has been identified as an important cause of asthma morbidity. 1 Physicians play a pivotal role in establishing asthma control, but there is considerable variation among … |
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Wheezing that is not asthma in a 4-year-old child
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants A 4-year-old female with no significant medical history was admitted for wheezing and shortness of breath. Symptoms had begun about 10 months prior with a … |
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