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US CDC survey shows reported decline in asthma, but experts wary
Thomson Reuters Foundation (blog) NEW YORK, June 19 (Reuters) – Self-reported U.S. asthma rates have fallen significantly for the first time in four years to a nine-year low, according to a survey released on Thursday, but researchers cautioned that the numbers may not mean the disease … |
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US CDC survey shows reported decline in asthma, but experts wary
Reuters About 7.4 percent of the U.S. population reported having asthma in 2013, down from a level that has hovered around 8.5 percent since 2009, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey found. That drop represents about 3 million U.S … |
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Black Press USA |
More Germs, Less Asthma? Study Shows Babies Exposed to Bacteria and …
Black Press USA It's long been known that poor children living in impoverished city neighborhoods are more likely to suffer from higher rates and worse cases of asthma compared to kids that grow up in higher-income areas or in rural environments—but the causes of the … |
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Daily Mail |
Doubts over first line of defence for asthma after research shows that …
Daily Mail The inhaler, often the first line of treatment in asthma, could be less effective or may even make the condition worse for some children carrying a particular gene, according to research at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Its chairman of … Why asthma treatment may not work for some children |
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Daily Mail |
Doubts over first line of defense for asthma after research shows that …
Daily Mail The inhaler, often the first line of treatment in asthma, could be less effective or may even make the condition worse for some children carrying a particular gene, according to research at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Its chairman of … Why asthma treatment may not work for some children |
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Amgen drug for allergy asthma shows promise in early tests
SFGate An 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 Asthma New antibody can improve quality of life for individuals with asthma New Amgen drug shows early promise for managing allergic asthma attacks |
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Asthma costs New York state $1.3 billion each year, study shows
Brooklyn Daily Eagle ALBANY— Asthma is costing New York's Medicaid system more than half a billion dollars a year, according to a report released Friday that urges the state to do more to help those affected by the respiratory illness. The study by state Comptroller … |
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Tiotropium as Asthma Add-On Treatment Shows Promise
Monthly Prescribing Reference Boehringer Ingelheim has announced positive results from several Phase 3 studies analyzing once-daily tiotropium (Spiriva; Boehringer Ingelheim) delivered via the Respimat inhaler as an add-on treatment for asthma patients who remain symptomatic with … Phase III studies show tiotropium delivered via Respimat inhaler proves … |
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Blackcurrants may hold key to asthma alleviation, NZ study shows
Fresh Fruit Portal In-vitro studies in New Zealand have shown that chemicals found in local blackcurrant varieties may help breathing for allergy-induced asthma sufferers. blackcurrants 2. Scientists from Plant & Food Research assessed the impacts of the consumption of … Natural berryfruit ingredients may help asthma Blackcurrants could hold key to staving off asthma |
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Heat Treatment Shows Promise For Asthma
RTT News A new procedure called bronchial thermoplasty is showing promise as a possible treatment for asthma. In the procedure, a thermal catheter is used to shock the smooth layer of cells in the lungs, reducing the amount of tissue available to constrict the … |
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