Missing Microbes Provide Clues About Asthma Risk – NPR


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Missing Microbes Provide Clues About Asthma Risk
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"The bottom line is that if you have these four microbes in high levels you have a very low risk of getting asthma," says Brett Finlay, a microbiologist at the University of British Columbia who helped conduct the research. "If you don't have these
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Could Amish Farm Dust Provide Relief from Asthma? – Arizona Public Media


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Could Amish Farm Dust Provide Relief from Asthma?
Arizona Public Media
Millions of children have asthma in the United States but the rates of asthma and allergies have been found to be much lower among the Amish, who are often exposed to livestock, hay and silage when very young. The Amish are tight-knit communities that …
Arizona Asthma Research Focuses On Dust In Amish CommunityKJZZ

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Newly found genes affecting allergies and asthma could provide new drug targets – HSPH News


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Newly found genes affecting allergies and asthma could provide new drug targets
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Boston, MA – Allergies affect 30% of people around the world and asthma afflicts 10% of all children. Now, a new study has uncovered more than 30 genes that have strong effects on allergies, asthma, and Immunoglobulin E (IgE)—an antibody that triggers …

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Mobile clinics provide only asthma treatment for some Detroit children – The Detroit News

Mobile clinics provide only asthma treatment for some Detroit children
The Detroit News
Between 18-20 percent of Detroit Public School children have asthma, according to Ora Beard, principal of Dixon Educational Learning Academy in Detroit. Often left untreated because families don't have access to health care and schools don't have

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New Guidelines for Severe Asthma Provide Updated Treatment, Definition of … – Science Daily (press release)

New Guidelines for Severe Asthma Provide Updated Treatment, Definition of
Science Daily (press release)
Although severe asthma is estimated to account for less than 10% of all asthmatics, these patients have the greatest burden and require a disproportionate amount of healthcare costs to be spent on treating their condition, which is harder to control.

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