Tag: STAT
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Are doctors overdiagnosing asthma? – STAT
STAT Are doctors overdiagnosing asthma?STATThere's a paradox here: As recently as the 1980s, asthma was underdiagnosed and undertreated, and in impoverished urban areas it still is, killing 3,630 people in the United States in 2013. Yet the prevalence of asthma more than doubled from the 1980s …Asthma inhalers given out almost as a 'fashion accessory',…
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Children with allergies, asthma may be at risk of heart problems, too – STAT
STAT Children with allergies, asthma may be at risk of heart problems, tooSTATResearchers looked at data on 13,275 children between birth and age 17 in the US and found that asthma and allergies in young children were associated with an increased risk of developing high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obesity. In addition … View full…