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Stress During Pregnancy Increases Offspring’s Risk of Asthma – Science World Report


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Stress During Pregnancy Increases Offspring's Risk of Asthma
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The negative outcomes include several developmental and behavioral problems. The new study, led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, states that stress among pregnant mice led to elevated risk of allergy-induced asthma in their …
Stress in pregnancy linked to offspring's asthma riskMedical News Today
Keep Calm Moms: Maternal Stress During Pregnancy Linked to Asthma Risk in …Newswise (press release)

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Female baby boomers with asthma? You may need help – Science Codex

Female baby boomers with asthma? You may need help
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"Allergists want older women to understand that getting their asthma under control can help them control a range of other adverse health conditions," said allergist Alan Baptist, MD, MPH, lead study author and ACAAI member. "Recent studies have shown …
New Guidelines for Controlling Asthma in Older WomendailyRx
New Guidelines Help Keep Asthma Out of "Yellow Zone"Newswise (press release)
Make Sure Your Kids and their Classrooms are Ready for Back-to-SchoolHealthCanal.com

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With Asthma, Thinking They Might Smell Something Harmful Causes Inflammation – Science 2.0

With Asthma, Thinking They Might Smell Something Harmful Causes Inflammation
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A new paper finds that asthmatics who believe that an odor is potentially have increased airway inflammation for at least 24 hours following exposure, which highlights the role that expectations and psychology can play in health-related outcomes …

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Corticosteroid Drugs Used For Asthma Suppress Growth – Systematic Reviews – Science 2.0


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Corticosteroid Drugs Used For Asthma Suppress Growth – Systematic Reviews
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They are the most effective drugs for controlling asthma and clearly reduce asthma deaths, hospital visits and the number and severity of exacerbations, and improve quality of life. Worldwide, seven ICS drugs are currently available: beclomethasone, …

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New Genes that Contribute to Asthma Identified – Science World Report


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New Genes that Contribute to Asthma Identified
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For this study, researchers focused on memory cells in asthmatic disease that develop abnormally in asthma patients. These cells are responsible for quickly responding to foreign substances known as antigens that a host has been previously exposed to.
Researchers identify new genes that likely contribute to asthmaNews-Medical.net
New genes kindle hope for asthma patientsDaijiworld.com
New genes identified to help in asthma treatmentANINEWS

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LJI develops new approach to identify genes poised to respond in asthma patients – Science Codex

LJI develops new approach to identify genes poised to respond in asthma patients
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SAN DIEGO – July 8, 2014 In a study published yesterday in the scientific journal Nature Immunology, a group at the La Jolla Institute (LJI) led by Pandurangan Vijayanand, Ph.D. identify new genes that likely contribute to asthma, a disease that …

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Rise in BMI Ups the Risk of Developing Asthma During Mid-Childhood – Science World Report


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Rise in BMI Ups the Risk of Developing Asthma During Mid-Childhood
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The authors concluded: "Environmental influences on the development of asthma in childhood have been extensively investigated in epidemiological studies, but few of these provide strong evidence for causality… [higher BMI in mid-childhood] could help …
Obesity in Children May Contribute to AsthmadailyRx
Higher BMI Increases Asthma Risk in Mid-Childhood: StudyHeadlines & Global News
Body Mass Index Linked To An Increased Chance Of Asthma, Genetic Evidence …Medical Daily
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Genetic evidence that body mass increases the risk of asthma in mid-childhood – Science Codex

Genetic evidence that body mass increases the risk of asthma in mid-childhood
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Some of the increase in asthma risk toward the end of the 20th century could be attributed to the increase in body mass index (BMI) in mid-childhood, according to new research published in this week's PLOS Medicine. The study, led by Raquel Granell …

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