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Hospital asthma grades not linked to healthier kids – Reuters


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Hospital asthma grades not linked to healthier kids
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Hospitals that meet performance standards for treating kids with asthma aren't any better at keeping those kids from showing up in the emergency room with asthma problems in the future, according to new …
Asthma Home-Care Plans Shouldn't Affect Payments, Study FindsBusinessWeek
Relevance of Kids' Asthma Care Measure QuestionedMedPage Today
Asthma Care Measures Don't Reflect Outcomes in ChildrenFamily Practice News Digital Network
HealthNewsDigest.com –EurekAlert (press release)
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Asthma not an issue at London Olympics – Gebrselassie – Reuters UK


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Asthma not an issue at London Olympics – Gebrselassie
Reuters UK
By Toby Davis LONDON (Reuters) – Haile Gebrselassie's asthma, which brought a premature end to his Berlin Marathon, is unlikely to hamper his efforts to crown his glittering career with gold at London 2012, the athlete said on Thursday. …
Brian Cazeneuve: The next marathon world record may be a generation away …SI.com
Haile Gebrselassie striving for success at London 2012BBC Sport
Haile motivated: Marathon master going the distance to London 2012CITY A.M.
Telegraph.co.uk
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Asthma tied to poorer diabetes control in kids – Reuters

Asthma tied to poorer diabetes control in kids
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Kids with diabetes may have a higher-than-average rate of asthma, and those with both conditions seem to have a tougher time keeping their blood sugar under control, a study out Monday suggests. …
Kids With Diabetes May Be More Likely to Have AsthmaWebMD
Asthma Can Complicate Diabetes Care in KidsU.S. News & World Report
Asthma Linked to Poor Glycemic Control in Diabetic ChildrenMedscape

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Gene could explain why asthma treatments fail some – Reuters


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Gene could explain why asthma treatments fail some
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Genetic differences could explain why some 40 percent of people with asthma do not respond to inhaled steroids used to achieve long-term asthma control. Researchers have found that asthma patients who inherited …
Gene Variant Could Explain Why Asthma Treatment Often FailsMIT Technology Review
GLCCI1 SNP Lowers Response to Inhaled Steroids in AsthmaDoctors Lounge
NIH-funded study connects gene variant to response to asthma drugsNational Institutes of Health (press release)

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“Telemonitoring” may not help with severe asthma – Reuters

"Telemonitoring" may not help with severe asthma
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A device that allows doctors to remotely monitor children with poorly controlled asthma may not help reduce serious asthma attacks, a small study finds. The study, reported in the European Respiratory Journal, …
'Telemonitoring' may not help with severe asthmaHealthNews

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FDA bans CFCs in some inhalers from next year – Reuters


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FDA bans CFCs in some inhalers from next year
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(Reuters) – Health officials are banning the only asthma inhaler sold over the counter in the United States starting from next year to prevent the use of products that harm the environment. The Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that …
End Is Nigh For Over-The-Counter Inhalers That Eat The Ozone LayerNPR (blog)
FDA phases out inhaler due to environmental impactThe Associated Press
FDA Finalizing Phase-Out Of CFC-Using InhalersWall Street Journal
MarketWatch (press release) –Huffington Post –Winnipeg Free Press
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Kids who drink raw milk have less asthma, allergies – Reuters

Kids who drink raw milk have less asthma, allergies
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By Frederik Joelving NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children who drink raw milk are less likely to develop asthma and allergies than those who stick to the safer pasteurized version, according to a large European study. Although the study isn't ironclad …
Kids who drink raw milk have less asthma, allergiesHealthNews

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