New Research on Antidepressants and Pregnancy Finds No Link to Asthma – New York Times (blog)


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New Research on Antidepressants and Pregnancy Finds No Link to Asthma
New York Times (blog)
The research found that taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (the antidepressants also known as S.S.R.I.s) while pregnant does not increase the risk of asthma in the resulting babies. What is associated with an increased risk of asthma
Depression in Pregnancy and Child's Asthma RiskWebMD
Depression During Pregnancy Linked to Child's Asthma RiskU.S. News & World Report
No Excess Asthma Risk Seen With Prenatal Antidepressant UseMedscape
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Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living, research shows – Memphis Commercial Appeal


Memphis Commercial Appeal

Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living, research shows
Memphis Commercial Appeal
There are, however, pockets around the country in suburban and rural areas where the prevalence of asthma is just as high, according to the study, recently published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The common links among 23,000

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Gene discovery could improve asthma therapy – Futurity: Research News


Times of Malta

Gene discovery could improve asthma therapy
Futurity: Research News
Scientists have discovered more than 30 genes that strongly affect an antibody involved in allergies and asthma. Some of the genes could provide targets for drugs to treat those conditions, according to the new study. Allergies affect as much as 30
Genes involved in Allergies, Asthma identifiedBusiness Standard
Genes' 'key role' in asthmaTimes of Malta
Genes involved in allergies, asthma discovered: ScientistsNews Nation

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EWC professor’s research addresses asthma rate in Jacksonville’s black … – Florida Times-Union

EWC professor's research addresses asthma rate in Jacksonville's black
Florida Times-Union
Brian Seymour, director of EWC's Center for the Prevention of Health Disparities, found that 64 percent of the study's black participants have high levels of antibodies in their blood that would indicate an allergic disease, including allergic asthma.

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Psychology Department Recruiting People with Asthma For Research Study – University of Cincinnati

Psychology Department Recruiting People with Asthma For Research Study
University of Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati Health and Anxiety Psychopathology Lab in McMicken's Department of Psychology is recruiting people from the community who have asthma to participate in a research study that examines the psychological factors associated …

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How the US underfunds research for migraines, asthma and depression – Washington Post (blog)


Washington Post (blog)

How the US underfunds research for migraines, asthma and depression
Washington Post (blog)
U.S. investment in medical research has slowed down greatly over the past decade, and the research getting funded doesn't match up to the health challenges facing the country, according to a new study. Overall medical investment in the United States

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