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EPA Administrator: Clean Air Regs Needed To Protect Children's Health
KCUR (kcur) – The Environmental Protection Agency wants to clamp tighter regulations on pollutants that can cause asthma and other chronic health problems. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson was in Kansas City today, promoting the proposed regulations. … EPA Administrator Jackson to visit KC hospital to highlight asthma awareness. |
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Fatty acids may protect infants against allergies
Pediatric SuperSite Ensuring that children receive adequate amounts of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in infancy may help protect against wheezing, asthma and atopic dermatitis during the first few years of life, according to data presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of … |
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Bacteria on farms may protect against asthma
The News International New research lends support to the idea that exposure to a wide range of microbes explains why farm kids have lower asthma rates than city kids. School-aged children in the studies who lived on farms were about 30% to 50% less likely to have asthma than … |
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HUD Awards Nearly $8 Million for Asthma Intervention and to Protect Children …
RisMedia.com (press release) It's estimated that asthma alone costs the US economy approximately $3.5 billion each year. Approximately 16.4 million Americans currently have asthma, including nearly seven million children 18 years of age and younger. “Homes with lead or other … |
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 Los Angeles Times |
Guardian Microbes On Farms Protect Against Child Asthma
Medical News Today The fact that farmlands are lush environments with circumstances that allow a multitude of guardian microorganisms to thrive, more than in cities where deadly toxins are the norm, may contribute to a lower incidence of life threatening asthma in … Bacteria on Farms May Protect Against Asthma Farm Animals Lower Kids' Asthma Risk Kids living on farms less prone to asthma |
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Los Angeles Times |
Bacteria on Farms May Protect Against Asthma
WebMD 23, 2011 — New research lends support to the idea that exposure to a wide range of microbes explains why farm kids have lower asthma rates than city kids. School-aged children in the studies who lived on farms were about 30% to 50% less likely to have … Kids living on farms less prone to asthma Farm-raised kids are less prone to asthma. Who gets the credit? Germs … Greater Germ Exposure Cuts Asthma Risk |
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Microbial Exposure May Protect Against Asthma
Doctors Lounge There appears to be an inverse relationship between asthma and exposure to a wide variety of microbes, according to comparative analyses of children who grow up on farms and those who do not; the results have been published in the Feb. … Farm living could arm kids against asthma Greater Germ Exposure Cuts Asthma Risk Kids Growing Up on Farms Less Likely to Have Asthma |
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Protect Your Baby – Limit Asthma Attacks During Pregnancy
EmpowHer If you are a woman with asthma, you have special concerns if you are pregnant or intend to become pregnant. Asthma affects approximately 7 percent of pregnant women and is one of the most common serious … |
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Allergies and Asthma May Protect Against Certain Types of Brain Cancer
About – News & Issues While people with allergies have to worry about all sorts of things, including food allergies, hay fever and asthma, one thing that they can worry less … Allergic to cancer Allergies Associated With Lower Rate of Brain and Spine Cancer Allergies presumably reduce threat of glioma |
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Synbiotics may protect kids from asthma: Danone study
NutraIngredients-usa.com Supplements containing a mix of probiotic bacteria and prebiotic fibers reduced the prevalence of asthma-like symptoms in children at risk of the condition, … |
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