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The Wireless Revolution Hits Medicine
Wall Street Journal TOPOL: Let's say you want to prevent a child from ever having an asthma attack. You would know genomically from their DNA sequence that they're predisposed to asthma. Then you would apply a biosensor that could be worn to detect the early signs of an … |
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The New Art of Chronic Care
Wall Street Journal By LAURA LANDRO For decades, numbers drove the treatment of diseases like asthma, heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis. Public-health officials focused on reducing mortality rates and hitting targets like blood-sugar levels for people with diabetes … |
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The Simple Idea That Is Transforming Health Care
Wall Street Journal By LAURA LANDRO For decades, numbers drove the treatment of diseases like asthma, heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis. Public-health officials focused on reducing mortality rates and hitting targets like blood-sugar levels for people with diabetes … |
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Most Parents Don't Fill Their Kids' Asthma Meds — Study
Wall Street Journal (blog) By Shirley S. Wang That's the take-home point in a JAMA study aimed at figuring out whether out-of-pocket costs for medications influenced parents' willingness to fill prescriptions for their children's asthma. Analyses from insurance claims for nearly … Co-pays may affect which kids get their meds When co-pays go up, kids' asthma meds goes down |
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The Season's Public Enemies
Wall Street Journal (blog) This priming effect can bring on even more severe symptoms for allergy patients, especially those with asthma, says Neil Kao, an allergist in Greenville, NC Medications, including eye drops, antihistamines and nasal sprays, can relieve hay-fever … Allergy season comes early this year because of the unusually mild winter How to avoid spring sneezing and stuffiness Warm Scarsdale Winter Means Fierce Allergy Season |
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Memorial in Oklahoma planned for Anthony Shadid
Wall Street Journal The New York Times reporter died at age 43 of an apparent asthma attack last week while on assignment in Syria. Shadid was a longtime correspondent in the Middle East for the Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and The Associated Press. Guest column: Journalist Shadid's risks were benefit to us all Memorial service to honor journalist Anthony Shadid, an Oklahoma City native Memorial service set for Oklahoma journalist |
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NY leads 11 states in suing EPA over soot rules
Wall Street Journal Soot is produced by diesel vehicles and power plants and has been linked to chronic respiratory disease, impaired lung function, heart disease and asthma. "Every day, air pollution, from soot risks the health of more than one-third of Americans, … States Sue EPA Over Delayed Soot Rules |
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Asthma App Helps Suffers Manage Condition
Wall Street Journal (blog) By Ben Rooney An app that allows UK asthma sufferers to manage their condition is officially launched today. Developers say that other European countries will be added shortly. A recent survey in the UK shows that almost 50% do not have their asthma … |
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Pittsburgh Tries to Clear the Air on Pollution
Wall Street Journal Today's air-quality problems come primarily from tiny particles and chemical pollutants that are largely invisible but that health experts warn can contribute to problems such as asthma and heart disease. In 2010, the Pittsburgh area—with 2.4 million … |
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FDA Finalizing Phase-Out Of CFC-Using Inhalers
Wall Street Journal Asthma sufferers who use the inhalers should plan to get a prescription for a replacement product, the agency said. The Primatene Mist epinephrine inhalers, marketed by Armstrong Pharmaceutical Inc., are the only FDA-approved inhalers sold over the … FDA: Over-the-Counter Asthma Inhalers Containing Chloroflouorocarbons (CFCs … FDA Phases out Inhaler Due to Environmental Impact FDA: Over-the-counter asthma inhalers containing chloroflouorocarbons (CFCs … |
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