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BU Today |
New Apps Teach Kids about Their Health
BU Today Asthma—a chronic disease that causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing—affects approximately one in 10 kids in the United States, and that number is on the rise. The disease is the number one cause of pediatric emergency room … |
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USA TODAY |
Swimmer Kelsi Worrell takes control of asthma to train for Rio
USA TODAY The Mount Holly, N.J., native, said she struggled to control her asthma in the water when she was younger, particularly in finding the right combination of medications. But when she started swimming at Louisville, following her intuition and knowing … |
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Medscape |
House dust mite immunotherapy in adults with allergic asthma
Pharmacy Today, American Pharmacists Association, pharmacist.com Taking house dust mite (HDM) sublingual allergen immunotherapy (SLIT) tablets in addition to maintenance medications appears to help reduce the risk of an attack in people with HDM allergy–related asthma. The double-blind, randomized study was … HDM SLIT tablet can reduce risk of moderate or severe asthma exacerbation Sublingual Immunotherapy Improves Dust Mite Allergy |
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Asthma More Common in Obese Women: ConsultantLive & Rheumatology Network
MedPage Today The prevalence of asthma in obese women is almost double that in normal weight women, according to new data from the CDC. In more asthma news, pregnant women with asthma who are exposed to air pollutants, such as carbon monoxide, in their third … |
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Dust Mite SLIT Promising Add-On to Asthma Maintenance Meds
MedPage Today Adding dust mite sublingual allergen immunotherapy (SLIT) to maintenance asthma medications significantly prolonged the time to a first asthma exacerbation during planned inhaled corticosteroid reduction, but mild to moderate adverse events were … |
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Medical News Today |
Asthma: study may explain why some patients do not respond to treatment
Medical News Today Based on their results, the researchers suggest that blocking NPY activity in asthma patients could be a viable treatment option for the disease, offering hope to patients who fail to respond to current asthma medications. Panettieri notes that NPY … Scientists Say They Have Found 'Pathway' That Can Trigger Asthma |
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MedPage Today |
COPD Patients With Late Asthma Onset Have Worse Outcomes
MedPage Today Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who also have late-onset asthma have a much greater risk for hospitalization and death than early-onset asthma patients with COPD, according to findings from a prospective, population-based … |
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MedPage Today |
When Air Quality Improves, So Do Kids' Asthma Symptoms
MedPage Today Declining levels of air pollution in Southern California were linked to reduced rates of asthma and other respiratory conditions in children, a small longitudinal study showed. Reductions in ambient air pollution over the course of 20 years were … SMOG STUDY: Fewer bad air days for asthmatics, other children Study finds link between low pollution levels and stronger lungs in California kids Air pollution study shows children got healthier as the air got cleaner |
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Doncaster Today |
Fast food lovers exposed to chemical linked with autism and asthma
Doncaster Today The chemicals are known to disrupt hormones and have been implicated in several illnesses and conditions including asthma to autism. The new study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, is one of the first to look at fast-food … |
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NorthEast Today |
Due To Second-Hand Smoking India Suffers More Asthma
NorthEast Today Higher male smoking rates such as India and Bangladesh can push up asthma and wheezing cases as a result of more exposure to second-hand smoke. This is what Jayadeep Patra, an epidemiologist at the Centre for Global Health Research at St Michael's … |
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