London marathon runner raises £2500 for asthma charity – East London and West Essex Guardian Series


East London and West Essex Guardian Series

London marathon runner raises £2500 for asthma charity
East London and West Essex Guardian Series
A marathon runner raised more than £2,500 for charity as he endured the 26.2 mile challenge through London's streets. Joe Ramsden, 25, from Walthamstow ran the Virgin Money London Marathon for Asthma UK on Sunday (April 24). Mr Ramsden finished …

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Targeting asthma, food allergies and more, Allakos bumps up Series A to $42M – San Francisco Business Times (blog)

Targeting asthma, food allergies and more, Allakos bumps up Series A to $42M
San Francisco Business Times (blog)
The San Mateo company, founded by veterans of KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc., is developing antibody-based drugs against inflammatory diseases, such as asthma, food allergies and gastrointestinal conditions. It is zeroing in on so-called T-helper cells, …

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Asthmapolis Tracks Down $5M Series A for High-Tech Asthma Relief – Dow Jones Bankruptcy & Debt (registration)


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Asthmapolis Tracks Down $5M Series A for High-Tech Asthma Relief
Dow Jones Bankruptcy & Debt (registration)
Asthmapolis Inc., a company offering sensors, smartphone applications and analytics to help asthma sufferers better track and manage their condition, has raised a $5 million Series A round after getting by on seed funding for several years. The funding
Asthmapolis raises $5 million from Silicon Valley venture firmMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
Asthmapolis raises $5 million from Social Capitalmobihealthnews
Asthmapolis gets new funding to target a costly conditionmHIMSS

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Telemedicine Provider MD247 Launches Blog Series Warning of the Dangers of Smoking – Seattle Post Intelligencer

Telemedicine Provider MD247 Launches Blog Series Warning of the Dangers of Smoking
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The first topic discussed in the pulmonary article series by MD247 is asthma, which is a chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. The disease causes recurring periods of wheezing, tightness in the chest and periods of coughing.

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