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Report: Latinos Three Times More Likely To Die From Asthma Than Other …
Fox News Latino Latinos are three times more likely to die from asthma than other racial or ethnic groups in the United States due in large parts to socioeconomic, housing and health care divides in the country, one environmental non-profit said. With Latino children … |
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Asthma more common in eosinophilic esophagitis than previously thought
Family Practice News Digital Network While previous studies have estimated the prevalence of asthma in children with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), to range from 24-42%, a recent analysis presented during a late-breaker abstract session at annual meeting of the American Academy of … |
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Asthma Misdiagnosed More Often Than You Would Think
CBS Local MIAMI (CBS) — Asthma is a lifelong disease that can cause wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath. However, experts say not everyone diagnosed with asthma actually has it. “Patients are often misdiagnosed with asthma much more often than anyone … |
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More Asthma Hospitalizations in Middle-Aged Women Than Men
Monthly Prescribing Reference (HealthDay News) – In the fifth to sixth decades of life, women have a significantly higher hospitalization rates for asthma compared to men, according to research published in the September issue of the Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. |
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Study: Adult women more affected by asthma than men
News 10NBC However, a new study finds women in their 40's and 50's are hospitalized more than twice as often for asthma symptoms than men in that age group. Researchers say this may mean asthma has specific biological traits common in young boys and older … |
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Nevada higher in asthma, heart risk, smoking than nation
UPI.com LAS VEGAS, July 31 (UPI) — Adult asthma is higher in Nevada — 15 percent compared with 13.8 percent nationwide — due dry weather, dust and quick temperature changes, a researcher says. Sheniz Moonie, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at … |
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US-Born Children Have More Asthma, Allergies Than Immigrant Peers
Pharmacy Times Children born outside the United States had significantly lower odds of having asthma, eczema, hay fever, and food allergies than those born in the country. Slightly more than 20% of foreign-born children had any type of allergic disease compared with … |
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Childhood respiratory infections rather than analgesics usage linked to risk …
News-Medical.net A new study conducted by Boston researchers reports that the link between asthma and early childhood use of acetaminophen or ibuprofen may be driven by underlying respiratory infections that prompt the use of these analgesics, rather than the drugs … |
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There's More To Asthma Than Meets The Air
PR Newswire (press release) WASHINGTON, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — There is still no cure for asthma, so for 22 million people in the U.S., this chronic disease continues to be a daily burden no matter where they live. But it's not just air pollution they should be … |
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There's More To Asthma Than Meets The Air – Daily Markets
Daily Markets (press release) WASHINGTON, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — There is still no cure for asthma, so for 22 million people in the U.S., this chronic disease continues to be a daily burden no matter where they live. But it's not just air pollution they should be … |
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