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A new initiative improves asthma control in teenagers
Medical News Today What is believed to be the first quality improvement initiative focusing exclusively on asthmatic teenagers – conducted by researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio – has reported significant improvements in asthma outcomes. Quality improvement initiative improves asthma outcomes in teens Cincinnati Children's study boosts outcomes for teens with asthma |
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Salmonella Infection Mitigates Asthma
Infection Control Today Researchers from Germany have identified the mechanism by which Salmonella infections can reduce the incidence of asthma in mice. The research, which appears ahead of print in the journal Infection and Immunity, opens up new avenues of research that … |
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High fiber diet may protect against asthma
Medical News Today In the past 50 years, as fruits and vegetables have featured less and less in the Western diet, rates of allergic asthma have gone up. Now a new study suggests these trends are not coincidental, but causally linked. Funded by the Swiss National Science … Fibre in fruit and vegetables may combat asthma, researchers say A high fibre diet may help ward off asthma Special High-fiber diet may ward off asthma |
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Low Diversity of Bacteria May Increase the Risk for Asthma
Infection Control Today Low gut microbial diversity in the intestines of infants can increase the risk for asthma development. These are the findings of the age 7 follow-up in a multi-year study led by researchers at Linköping University. In 2011 the results of a … |
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Transmitting future asthma by smoking today
YottaFire Asthma is a serious public health problem. An estimated 300 million people worldwide suffer from this sometimes deadly lung disease, a number expected to increase to 400 million by 2025. One well-established risk factor for asthma is having a mother … |
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Dogs in the house protect against asthma, infection
Medical News Today There have been several studies suggesting that when exposed to a dog regularly in early infancy, children's risk for developing allergies and asthma decreases. And now, researchers point to changes in gut microbes as the mechanism behind this … Psst! Having A Pet May Reduce Your Risk of Allergies & Asthma |
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Research Shows How Household Dogs Protect Against Asthma and Infection
Infection Control Today Children's risk for developing allergies and asthma is reduced when they are exposed in early infancy to a dog in the household, and now researchers have discovered a reason why. Exposure of mice to dust from houses where canine pets are permitted both … How Dogs Might Protect Kids Against Asthma: Gut Bacteria Dogs May Guard Babies Against Asthma, Allergies Having a dog protects against asthma and infection, study says |
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Mice Are Top Inner City Asthma Driver
MedPage Today Although cockroaches have long been considered the key driver of high asthma rates in inner cities, mouse allergens correlated better with asthma severity and outcomes, a study of Baltimore children showed. Whereas children in Baltimore with asthma … |
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Transmitting Future Asthma by Smoking Today
HealthCanal.com Bethesda, Md.—Asthma is a serious public health problem. An estimated 300 million people worldwide suffer from this sometimes deadly lung disease, a number expected to increase to 400 million by 2025. One well-established risk factor for asthma is … |
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Transmitting future asthma by smoking today
Science Daily (press release) Sep. 20, 2013 — Asthma is a serious public health problem. An estimated 300 million people worldwide suffer from this sometimes deadly lung disease, a number expected to increase to 400 million by 2025. One well-established risk factor for asthma is … Study Reports Pregnant Women who Smoke Increase Asthma Risk in Great … |
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