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African Ancestry Predicts Lung Function in Minority Youth with Asthma
Newswise (press release) The study, “Air Pollution and Lung Function in Minority Youth with Asthma in the GALA II & SAGE II Studies,” which appeared in the journal's online edition, is believed to be the first to look at interaction between exposure to pollutants and genetic … |
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Asthma exacerbation within 1 year predicts future exacerbation in children adults
Healio “Because most patients with asthma in the United States do not have well-controlled asthma, identification of risk factors for asthma exacerbations in this population has the potential to guide treatment decisions and decrease asthma morbidity and … |
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Emergency Visit for Asthma Predicts Future Acute Care
Medscape SAN ANTONIO — For children, a visit to the emergency department for an asthma attack is a red flag for future acute-care visits, and could be used to identify patients who might benefit from intervention by an asthma specialist, new research suggests. |
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Tracking tool predicts asthma control deterioration in children 1 week ahead
Healio An estimated 7.1 million American children have pediatric asthma, translating to $9.3 billion in annual total direct health care costs. Suboptimal asthma control in children leads to frequent asthma exacerbations, which increase health care costs and … |
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Biomarker Panel Predicts Steroid Responsiveness in Asthma
Medscape A noninvasive panel of biomarkers can predict clinical responsiveness to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) with a high degree of accuracy in patients with steroid-naive asthma, new research indicates. Douglas C. Cowan, MBChB, MRCP, PhD, from Dunedin … |
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USA TODAY |
Wheezy predicts when asthma will hit
USA TODAY PHOENIX — No local tech app is perhaps more innovative, or on the money, than Wheezy. The device pairs with a smartphone to help manage and control asthma attacks. Entrepreneur Chris Stiffler began creating it in January after a particularly nasty attack. |
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Prenatal maternal stress predicts asthma and autism traits in 6 1/2 year-old …
Medical Xpress The team examined the degree to which the mothers' objective degree of hardship from the storm and their subjective degree of distress explained differences among the women's children in asthma-like symptoms and in autism-like traits. Results reported … Pregnant women's stress linked to symptoms of asthma, autism in offspring: Study |
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Low Blood Adiponectin Predicts Future Asthma Risk in Women
Doctors Lounge Middle-aged women with low blood adiponectin levels are about twice as likely to develop asthma, particularly if they smoke, according to a study published online April 6 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. |
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Infant Breathing Predicts Asthma Later
MedPage Today Note that children with asthma typically have reduced lung function by early school age. It is not known, however, if the loss of lung function precedes the development of asthma or is a consequence of asthma. Point out that this study found that … Lung Function Deficits in Babies May Lead to Future Asthma |
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Climate Change Model Predicts Increase in Childhood Asthma
Doctors Lounge Global-to-regional climate and atmospheric chemistry models predict an increase of 7.3 percent in emergency department presentations for regional summer ozone-related asthma in children aged 0 to 17 years across the New York City metropolitan region by … |
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