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Obesity Complicates Asthma Diagnosis
MedPage Today Note that obesity may be associated with asthma-like symptoms, such as breathlessness and impaired health-related quality of life, which may lead to misdiagnosis. Point out that this study suggests that … Obese patients may be at increased risk for asthma misdiagnosis |
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New severe asthma treatment shows promise
USA Today Now Adams, with the help of Dr. Christopher Schmitt, a Christ Hospital pulmonary and critical care specialist, is looking to deliver a knockout blow to asthma. Schmitt will soon administer to Adams the third and final application of a new procedure … |
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Ozone warnings can help people with asthma
Eastbourne Today ASTHMA sufferers and people with breathing problems living in Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford can now receive early warnings about high ozone levels. They are being urged to sign up for air alerts from the Sussex Air Quality Partnership. … Valley bad-air alerts coming to Facebook, Twitter |
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Hope for asthma sufferers
Healthcare Today Around 50% of people who have asthma have a delay in symptoms which mean they occur a few hours after they come into contact with allergens. The team found that they were able to block sensory nerve functions, which prevented late asthmatic reactions … Possible Cure for 'Late Asthma' UK scientists shed light on 'late phase' asthma symptoms Asthma attack treatment 'find' |
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 Southwest Virginia Today |
A MOUNTAIN VIEW: Jump in there
Southwest Virginia Today By Staff By LIZA FIELD/Columnist After 30 hours of swimming (11 with asthma and deep shoulder pain), and blown far off course by turbulent seas, Nyad finally stopped, keenly disappointed. “I thought this was my time. [But] the winds were stronger and … |
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Critics Slam Asthma Risk, Magnetic Fields Link
MedPage Today Some epidemiologists and risk assessment researchers have attacked a recent study linking children's asthma risk to their mothers' exposure to magnetic fields during pregnancy, calling it short on credibility … EMF exposure during pregnancy apparently triggers asthma risk in offspring Exposure to magnetic fields during pregnancy leads to asthma in offspring |
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IL-13 Blocker Helps Asthma Control
MedPage Today Explain that asthma patients with poorly controlled symptoms on inhaled steroids had significant improvement in lung function during 12 weeks of treatment with an investigational interleukin-13 (IL-13) … Experimental Drug Promising Against Tough-to-Treat Asthma Roche asthma drug shows promise in mid-stage trial Roche's Lebrikizumab Improved Lung Function in Asthma Study |
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Occupational Asthma in the US Workplace
EHS Today Occupational asthma is an issue in some workplaces, but there are things employers can do to improve indoor air quality. Modern evidence suggests we cannot separate our working lives from the working environment. We respond instinctively to our … |
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Asthma Gene Unique To African Americans
Medical News Today Geneticists in the US have identified a new gene uniquely linked to asthma in African Americans; a variant of the gene called PYHIN1 that is absent in European Americans. The new national collaboration also confirmed four other "trans-ethnic" asthma … Gene Variant Has Large Effect on Blacks' Asthma Risk Gene Increasing Asthma Risk in African-Americans Identified Asthma gene found in African Americans |
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Gene Variant Has Large Effect on Blacks' Asthma Risk
MedPage Today Explain that variations in a gene called PYHIN1 may account for a surprisingly large proportion of asthma risk in people of African descent. Note that in contrast, the gene variant is virtually never seen in … |
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