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City life doesn't affect asthma rates as formerly thought
Mother Nature Network (blog) Asthma is a growing epidemic in the U.S. Currently 6.8 million kids have been diagnosed with the condition, a number that experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention think will only continue to rise. It has long been thought that urban … |
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Medical Daily |
Asthma In Children Isn't As Hereditary A Scientists Thought; Environment Plays …
Medical Daily The risk of your child developing asthma just because it's hiding somewhere in your family tree isn't as threatening as scientists once thought it was. In one of the largest genetic asthma studies to date, researchers from the University of Chicago … Genetic mutations can't explain asthma |
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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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 Mirror.co.uk |
'I thought I was going to suffocate': Olympic champion Laura Trott on her …
Mirror.co.uk Born four weeks prematurely with a collapsed lung, double Olympic cycling champion Laura Trott spent her first six weeks in hospital before developing asthma aged two. But the resilient 20-year-old athlete from Cheshunt, Herts, refuses to let health … Laura Trott: Gold medallist starts countdown to Rio |
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 Daily Mail |
Rebecca thought she had asthma. So why didn't inhalers help?
Daily Mail An Asthma UK survey found 76 per cent of people with asthma say exercise is a trigger for their symptoms. Quite why it does this is not fully understood, but it's thought that breathing in more air as you exercise dries the airways. 'I felt as if a … |
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Daily Mail |
Asthma: Rebecca thought she had the condition. So why didn't inhalers help?
Daily Mail EILO will not respond to inhalers because while asthma is caused by overly sensitive airways in the lungs that inflame through exposure to allergens or, indeed, exercise, EILO is caused by the vocal cords closing over the windpipe during exercise. A … |
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Traffic-related asthma costs more than thought
Netdoctor The total cost of asthma caused by traffic-related air pollution appears to be much higher than previous estimates, scientists say. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts estimated the yearly costs of childhood asthma in two communities in … |
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A Cup of Coffee Eases Asthma Symptoms?
Food For Thought, A News Cafe The suspicion stems in part from its chemical structure, which resembles that of theophylline, a common asthma medication that relaxes the airway muscles … |
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Severe asthma more prevalent than thought, related to pronounced nasal symptoms
Science Centric People with multi-symptom asthma more often have night-time awakenings due to asthma-symptoms, a sign of severe asthma. Researchers writing in BioMed … |
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Gene defect thought to trigger asthma and allergies
The Copenhagen Post Asthma and allergies can be triggered by an unknown substance that comes into the body through dry skin in babies, according to a new study from the Danish … |
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