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Home Visits for Asthma: A Win for Both Patients and Payers
Science Daily (press release) 20, 2012) — Nearly 1 in 10 children have asthma, according to government statistics, and in low-income parts of Boston, nearly 16 percent of children are affected. A program called the Community Asthma Initiative (CAI), developed and implemented in … |
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Home visits for asthma: A win for both patients and payers
Eureka! Science News Nearly 1 in 10 children have asthma, according to government statistics, and in low-income parts of Boston, nearly 16 percent of children are affected. A program called the Community Asthma Initiative (CAI), developed and implemented in 2005 by … Children's Hospital reports progress on asthma |
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Home visits for asthma: A win for both patients and payers
Science Codex Nearly 1 in 10 children have asthma, according to government statistics, and in low-income parts of Boston, nearly 16 percent of children are affected. A program called the Community Asthma Initiative (CAI), developed and implemented in 2005 by … |
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How a stomach bug may ward off asthma
Science News By Tina Hesman Saey A bacterium that causes ulcers and stomach cancers may protect against asthma by teaching the immune system tolerance, a new study in mice shows. Stomach cancer cases have dropped in North America and Europe as the number of people … |
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Accelerated infant growth increases risk of future asthma symptoms in children
Eureka! Science News Accelerated growth in the first three months of life, but not fetal growth, is associated with an increased risk of asthma symptoms in young children, according to a new study from The Generation R Study Group at Erasmus Medical Center in the … Rapid infant growth linked to asthma in study Early Infancy Weight Gain May be Linked to Asthma Rapid infant weight gain linked to future asthma risk |
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Inhaled glucocorticoids during pregnancy and offspring pediatric diseases
Science Codex Inhaled glucocorticoids for the treatment of asthma during pregnancy are not associated with an increased risk of most diseases in offspring, but may be a risk factor for endocrine and metabolic disturbances, according to a new study. … |
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Improved medication use could reduce severe asthma attacks
Science Codex DETROIT – Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital have found that one-quarter of severe asthma attacks could be prevented if only patients consistently took their medication as prescribed. Moreover, an asthma attack was only significantly reduced when … |
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Rand Paul Fails Asthma Science
TakePart Rand Paul's dubious claim is bad news for the 25 million asthma sufferers in the United States. (Photo: Getty Images) With so many things in the country unraveling right now, it must be hard for a libertarian like Rand Paul to select just … |
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New interventions, recommendations for controlling allergies & asthma in children
Science Codex Financial strain and competing priorities at home may contribute to the greater number of hospital readmissions of children with asthma from single-parent homes compared to dual-parent households, according to a new study presented at the American … Research Examines Asthma Control and Anaphylaxis Guidelines to Improve … Changes coming to allergy immunotherapy Improved Allergy Shots Might Be on Horizon |
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Obese Children Have Up to Double the Risk of Having Asthma
Science Daily (press release) ScienceDaily (Oct. 14, 2011) — Asthma is considered one of the main causes of school absenteeism and its prevalence has risen in the last decades. Overweight children have been shown to have double the frequency of asthma than that of non-obese … |
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