Tag: SFGate
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Study: Babies who live with dogs less likely to develop childhood asthma – SFGate (blog)
SFGate (blog) Study: Babies who live with dogs less likely to develop childhood asthmaSFGate (blog)When the station wagon was in the shop for repairs, this girl had to share the front seat with her dog Hoobert in her mom's Miata. Image 3 of 72 – Kids and pets. When the station wagon was in the…
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Mobile asthma clinic provides free treatment for kids – SFGate (blog)
Mobile asthma clinic provides free treatment for kidsSFGate (blog)In 2001, Burns learned how severe the asthma rates are for children in Oakland. According to the Prescott-Joseph Center, the national asthma rate for children between ages 5 and 17 is one in ten, but it's one in six in California and one in four in ……
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Study: Babies who sleep on animal skins less likely to develop asthma – SFGate (blog)
SFGate (blog) Study: Babies who sleep on animal skins less likely to develop asthmaSFGate (blog)A new study finds that children who sleep on animal skins in the first months of life are less likely to develop asthma later in childhood. But before you trade in your pretty-patterned organic cotton crib sheets for a sheepskin, know…
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Amgen drug for allergy asthma shows promise in early tests – SFGate
Amgen drug for allergy asthma shows promise in early testsSFGateAn experimental compound from Amgen Inc. succeeded in blunting allergic asthma attacks by blocking a protein newly found to cause symptoms, researchers said. The drug, called AMG 157, focuses on a signaling protein known as thymic stromal …Novel Biologic Promising for Allergic AsthmaMedPage TodayNew antibody can improve…