Twin trials: How studying twins fuels research on allergies and asthma – Scope (blog)


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Twin trials: How studying twins fuels research on allergies and asthma
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For that reason, the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research is seeking both fraternal and identical twins to help examine the increasing incidence of food allergies and asthma around the world. In a recent article, the center profiled

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Superheroes to the rescue: A creative approach to educating kids about asthma – Scope (blog)


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Superheroes to the rescue: A creative approach to educating kids about asthma
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Asthma affects more than 6 million children and leads to approximately 1.8 million visits to the emergency room annually in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In order to effectively manage asthma and help …

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Asthma drug aids simultaneous desensitization to several food allergies, study … – Scope (blog)

Asthma drug aids simultaneous desensitization to several food allergies, study
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An asthma drug accelerates the process of desensitizing patients with food allergies to several foods at the same time, a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford shows.

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NYCHA Mold Removal Settlement Has Wide Scope Thanks to High Asthma Rate – Village Voice (blog)


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NYCHA Mold Removal Settlement Has Wide Scope Thanks to High Asthma Rate
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But perhaps most importantly, NYCHA must recognize that tenants with asthma qualify for protections under the Americans with Disabilities Acts, meaning housing officials have a legal obligation to ensure that those residents do not live in a moldy
Lawsuit Forces NYCHA To Remove Mold In Days, Not MonthsGothamist
NYCHA to address 'severe and pervasive' mold problem in public housingMetro.us
A breath of fresh airNew York Daily News

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Asthma, gamma-interferon, and the mouse that didn’t wheeze – Scope (blog)


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Asthma, gamma-interferon, and the mouse that didn't wheeze
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In a just-out study, Stanford's Steve Galli, MD, Mang Yu, MD, PhD, and their colleagues induced a condition very closely mimicking asthma's molecular and cellular symptoms, not just the wheezing, in lab mice. But doing so required the active
Key immune substance linked to asthma, Stanford study findsEurekAlert (press release)

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Enhanced Asthma Treatments After A More Complete Scope – allvoices

Enhanced Asthma Treatments After A More Complete Scope
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Current estimates indicate that 23.2 million adults and 9 million children in the United States endure lifetime asthma.
Dramatically Improved Treatment Expected Following More Detailed Picture Of AsthmaMedical News Today
Experts unravel a clearer picture of asthma, can apparently improve treatmentHealthJockey.com

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It’s Something About the Hair: Shannon Briggs Takes His Heavyweight Quest to the Norfolk Scope

It’s Something About the Hair: Shannon Briggs Takes His Heavyweight Quest to the Norfolk Scope
By Neil Dennis – A lot of people over the years have been eager to dismiss Shannon Briggs. When he lost his undefeated record to Darroll Wilson, they tried to write him off. When he lost a decision to journeyman Sedrick Fields, they tried to write him off.

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