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May 19, 2014

Study questions role of vitamin D in asthma – Reuters

Study questions role of vitamin D in asthma
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“Our thought was that vitamin D would potentially make . . . the standard therapy, inhaled corticosteroids, work better in these patients, and that it would reduce their asthma exacerbations,” he told Reuters Health. To test that theory, the …
Asthma: vitamin D supplements 'do not improve symptoms or treatment'Medical News Today
Vitamin D Flops as Asthma Therapy BoosterMedPage Today
Study Finds Limited Benefit for Vitamin D in Asthma TreatmentBioscience Technology

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May 13, 2014

Arthritis, lupus and asthma data a shot in arm for AstraZeneca – Reuters

Arthritis, lupus and asthma data a shot in arm for AstraZeneca
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Benralizumab and tralokinumab both showed improvements in control of asthma in patients with specific, severe forms of the breathing disorder. All the drugs are being developed by MedImmune, the U.S.-based biotech company acquired by AstraZeneca in …

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May 12, 2014

UPDATE 1-Arthritis, lupus and asthma data a shot in arm for AstraZeneca – Reuters

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UPDATE 1-Arthritis, lupus and asthma data a shot in arm for AstraZeneca
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Benralizumab and tralokinumab both showed improvements in control of asthma in patients with specific, severe forms of the breathing disorder. All the drugs are being developed by MedImmune, the U.S.-based biotech company acquired by AstraZeneca in …
Arthritis, lupus and asthma data a shot in arm for AstraZenecaYahoo News
AstraZeneca: Mavrilimumab Produces Rapid Improvement In Signs, Symptoms …Wall Street Journal
AstraZeneca Says MedImmune Phase II Trials Data PositiveLondon South East

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April 11, 2014

Study ties breathing problems, asthma to bone loss – Reuters

Study ties breathing problems, asthma to bone loss
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The study examined the records of more than 7,000 adults in Seoul, Korea, and found those with a certain characteristic of asthma had significantly lower bone density in a region of their spine than those without asthma symptoms. The characteristic …

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April 4, 2014

Stress in pregnancy linked to children’s asthma risk – Reuters

Stress in pregnancy linked to children's asthma risk
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Arck, of University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany, and her colleagues note that although there are strong genetic components to asthma and related conditions, these alone do not help explain the unprecedented increase in such diseases …

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April 1, 2014

Removing mold may reduce adult asthma risk – Reuters

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Removing mold may reduce adult asthma risk
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The more mold participants reported having seen in their homes, the greater their asthma symptoms, researchers found. Men were especially vulnerable with a four-fold increase in the odds of having non-allergic asthma after recent exposure to visible mold.
Mold exposure raises risk of adult asthmaParent Herald

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April 1, 2014

Smoking bans cut premature births and child asthma attacks – Reuters

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Smoking bans cut premature births and child asthma attacks
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Friday's research in The Lancet, which analyzed data on more than 2.5 million births and almost 250,000 hospital attendances for asthma attacks, was the first comprehensive study to look at how anti-smoking laws affect children's health. With results …
Smoking Bans Linked to Drop in Premature BirthsWebMD
Decline in preterm births and asthma linked with smoking bansMedical News Today
Asthma Attacks Children Fall as Smoking Bans Come Into EffectGuardian Liberty Voice

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March 5, 2014

New US fuel standards aim to cut asthma, heart attacks – Reuters

New US fuel standards aim to cut asthma, heart attacks
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Environment ». WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Monday announced new fuel and automobile rules to cut soot, smog and toxic emissions, which it says will reduce asthma and heart attacks in the United States. The rules unveiled by …

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March 4, 2014

Roche drug cuts asthma attacks, improves lung function -study – Reuters

Roche drug cuts asthma attacks, improves lung function -study
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The biotech drug lebrikizumab, which was developed by Roche Holding's Genentech unit, was tested at three doses in patients whose asthma was not sufficiently controlled even with high-dose, inhaled corticosteroids and a second asthma-controlling …

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February 7, 2014

Study links steroid-dependent asthma to depression – Reuters

Study links steroid-dependent asthma to depression
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Prednisone-dependent asthma patients "deserve" screening for depression and anxiety, the authors say, both to alleviate their suffering and possibly improve their physical health through mental health treatment. "There's a well-established connection …

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