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Power of placebo evident in asthma treatment
Clinical Advisor After being treated with a placebo inhaler or sham acupuncture, asthma patients reported significantly greater improvement in symptoms than they felt after receiving no treatment — and this improvement was similar to that reported after active … |
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 Independent Online |
Power line link to asthma, study finds
Independent Online Chicago – Children whose mothers had high exposure to electromagnetic fields while pregnant may have an increased risk of developing asthma, US researchers said in a study that adds to an ongoing debate. … |
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HealthDay – MONDAY, Aug. 1 (HealthDay News) — A new study suggests that the
children of mothers exposed to high levels of magnetic fields during
pregnancy are at increased risk of developing asthma, findings that are
sure to reignite the controversy over the health dangers that might be
posed by exposure to power lines and electronics.
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 ABC News |
More evidence of placebo effect's power, this time from an asthma study
MinnPost.com (blog) Asthma patients reported that placebo treatments were as effective as real medicine in relieving their wheezing and coughing, even though an objective breathing test showed that only the medicine … Asthma symptom changes reflect placebo effect Asthma study reveals the power of the placebo effect Asthma Study Shows Placebo Can Help Symptoms |
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 MedPage Today |
Asthma study reveals the power of the placebo effect
Los Angeles Times Researchers from Harvard Medical School and colleagues decided to test the placebo effect in asthma patients because it's easy to assess their physical improvement (as measured by lung function tests) in a short period of time. … Asthma Study Shows Placebo Can Help Symptoms Placebo Effect Powerful in Asthma Placebo relieves asthma symptoms as well as medication |
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 Sandusky Register |
Coal-fired Power Plants Still Problematic
WDUQNews (blog) … says coal is not as cheap as the industry claims because of the extra health care costs accrued by people who've had heart attacks, asthma attacks, etc. … Study decries pollution from coal Coal-burning pollution raises area's premature deaths, study says Study estimates power plant pollution deaths |
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Calif. bill would block out-of-state power deals
The California Assembly advanced a bill Monday that would prohibit public utilities from contracting with out-of-state power plants that do not meet California’s air pollution standards.
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