Childhood Asthma Rates not Climbing Except Among Poorest Kids, says Government … – Northern California News


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Childhood Asthma Rates not Climbing Except Among Poorest Kids, says Government
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Less US children are with asthma today, but the poorest kids are still battling the disease, a government study has revealed. The Childhood asthma rates are declining after a decades-long increase. Study researchers are trying to figure out sources
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Independent group says new Glaxo asthma drug far too expensive – Pharmacy Today, American Pharmacists Association, pharmacist.com

Independent group says new Glaxo asthma drug far too expensive
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The nonprofit analyzed the once-monthly injectable drug for severe asthma, finding that it should be priced at $7,800 to $12,000 a year, compared with the current list price of $32,500 a year. While the drug significantly reduces asthma attacks and

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Sweden says AstraZeneca used questionable asthma drug API from Indian plant – FiercePharma Manufacturing

Sweden says AstraZeneca used questionable asthma drug API from Indian plant
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AstraZeneca ($AZN) said last week it was closing a plant in India that made the API for asthma drugs, noting there is not much demand any longer for the terbutaline sulfate it makes. But what the U.K. company did not say was that before its closing

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Asthma risk reduced in young children with pet dogs, says study – Caribbean360.com (subscription)


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Asthma risk reduced in young children with pet dogs, says study
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“Earlier studies have shown that growing up on a farm reduces a child's risk of asthma to about half. We wanted to see if this relationship also was true for children growing up with dogs in their homes,” study author Dr Tove Fall said in a statement

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?Children With Dogs Have a Lower Risk of Asthma, Study Says – American Kennel Club (blog)


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?Children With Dogs Have a Lower Risk of Asthma, Study Says
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According to a Swedish study published November 2 in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics, children who live with dogs during their first year have a 15 percent lower risk of developing asthma by age six than kids without four-legged companions.
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