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Conditions: Lung Inflammation; HIV Seropositivity
Interventions: Other: ECIGS; Behavioral: mobile contingency management (mCM); Other: Usual brand
Sponsors: Duke University; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Not yet recruiting – verified May 2016
View full post on ClinicalTrials.gov: asthma | Studies received in the last 14 days
Condition: Asthma
Intervention: Other: Smoking
Sponsors: Université de Montréal; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA
Not yet recruiting – verified July 2016
View full post on ClinicalTrials.gov: asthma | Studies received in the last 14 days
Chicago Tribune |
Study hints at asthma link passed from smokers to grandchildren
Chicago Tribune Children whose grandmothers smoked during pregnancy are at increased risk for asthma, even if their own mothers did not smoke, a new study suggests. It's known that smoking can cause changes in gene activity. The new study findings suggest that those … Could asthma be inherited from grandmothers who smoke? Grandmothers Who Smoke Cigarettes During Pregnancy May Increase Asthma Risk In … Grandma's Smoking Habit Might Be Why You Have Asthma |
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Tech Times |
Living With Smokers Doubles Risk Of Hospitalization For Children With Asthma
Tech Times Researchers were able to discover that children with asthma living with smokers are twice as likely to get hospitalized compared to those who have no exposure. According to the authors, this study may help serve as a reminder to parents to stop … |
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Fox News |
Kids with asthma fare worse when they live with smokers
Fox News While the risk of smoke exposure exacerbating asthma symptoms is well known, fresh evidence on the extent of the danger posed to children may help convince some parents to abandon their cigarettes, said senior study author Dr. Avni Joshi, an allergist … Asthma: Secondhand Smoke Doubles Kids' Hospitalization Risk Secondhand Smoke May Double Risk of Hospitalization for Kids With Asthma Household Secondhand Smoke Worsens Kid Asthma |
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Reuters |
Kids with asthma fare worse when they live with smokers
Reuters (Reuters Health) – Kids with asthma are more likely to have breathing problems and be hospitalized when they live with a smoker, a research review suggests. The team analyzed data from 25 studies that included a combined total of more than 430,000 … Asthma: Secondhand Smoke Doubles Kids' Hospitalization Risk Secondhand Smoke May Double Risk of Hospitalization for Kids With Asthma Kids, asthma and secondhand smoke at home = twice as many hospitalizations |
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Airway Lumen is Reduced in Asthmatic Smokers, According to Study
Lung Disease News According to a recent study published in the journal Chest, the Official Journal of the American College of Chest Physicians found that compared to people with asthma who never smoked, the CT scan segmental airway lumen area is reduced in those with … |
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Reduced airway lumen area, poor symptom control linked in smokers with asthma
Healio Neil C. Thomson, MD, of the Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation at the University of Glasgow, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study on 93 participants with asthma, including 46 smokers, to determine if symptom control in … |
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Outdoor smokers offend asthma sufferer
Sentinel and Enterprise DEAR ANNIE: I am a nonsmoker who has asthma and early heart disease. When I am at family events and outdoor concerts or entering stores and public places, I often find myself exposed to secondhand smoke from cigarettes and cigars. Even though I make … |
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For pregnant smokers, vitamin C supplements improve lung function of newborn
EurekAlert (press release) At birth, newborn infants born to smokers show decreased pulmonary function test (PFT) results, with respiratory changes leading to increased hospitalization for respiratory infections, and increased incidence of childhood asthma, according to … |
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