New study links secondhand smoke to asthma – FOX19


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New study links secondhand smoke to asthma
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A new study shows that exposure to secondhand smoke at home or in the car dramatically increases the odds of children being readmitted to the hospital within a year of being admitted for asthma. The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, raises
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Many Asthma Patients Don’t Stick to Treatment Plan, Study Finds – U.S. News & World Report

Many Asthma Patients Don't Stick to Treatment Plan, Study Finds
U.S. News & World Report
SATURDAY, Jan. 18, 2014 (HealthDay News) — If you can't get relief from your asthma, the way you communicate with your allergist might be part of the problem, according to two new studies. The researchers said asthma patients need to ask questions and 

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Study allegedly identifies immunological connection between obesity and asthma – Lexology (registration)

Study allegedly identifies immunological connection between obesity and asthma
Lexology (registration)
A recent animal study has allegedly identified a new immunological connec- tion between obesity and asthma involving “inflammasome activation and production of cytokine interleukin-17 by innate lymphoid cells in the lung,” according to a concurrent 

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