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Salt Lake metro area is 16th in US to join coalition to make homes healthier
Salt Lake Tribune To help address that expensive cause-and-effect situation, Salt Lake County and several local medical institutions and nonprofit groups signed the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Compact on Wednesday. Salt Lake is now the 16th metropolitan area to … Salt Lake County joins national initiative to make homes safe, healthy |
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Antibiotics in pregnancy tied to asthma in kids
Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Children whose mothers took antibiotics while they were pregnant were slightly more likely than other kids to develop asthma in a new Danish study. The results don't prove that antibiotics caused the higher asthma risk, but … Antibiotic use-asthma link |
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Minimize holiday allergies with simple precautions
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune “The holidays can present a variety of challenges for asthma and allergy patients,” says Dr. Cliff Bassett, an ambassador for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, or AAFA. “Our environment changes in many ways during the holidays, from having … How Global Warming May Affect Your Allergies Hot Topics: Global warming may bring pollen onslaught |
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Education Report: Oakland teachers return to the bargaining table
Oakland Tribune I mentioned a few months ago that I was working with photojournalist Alison Yin on a project about childhood asthma and its disproportionate impact on families in Oakland and elsewhere along the Interstate 880-80 corridor. It's a project for The … |
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Study suggests timing may be key in fish-asthma link
Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among thousands of Dutch children included in a new study, those who first ate fish between the ages of six months and one year had a lower risk of developing asthma-like symptoms later on than babies introduced to fish … |
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Acetaminophen in infancy again tied to asthma
Chicago Tribune The findings, from a study of 411 Danish children, add to a mixed bag of research into whether there's a link between acetaminophen – better known by the brand-name Tylenol – and kids' asthma risk. Researchers found that the more acetaminophen kids … |
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UK's NICE rejects Novartis asthma drug in change of tack
Chicago Tribune LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's health cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE plans to recommend against the use of Novartis's severe asthma drug Xolair, or omalizumab, after earlier endorsing it for adults only. The National Institute for Health and Clinical … |
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Many women stop their asthma meds while pregnant
Chicago Tribune NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Almost a third of women on asthma control medications stop using them during the first few months of pregnancy – despite advice that a mother's uncontrolled asthma is more dangerous to the developing fetus than the drugs, … Continue Asthma Medication During Pregnancy |
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Hand sanitizers did not cut down on asthma attacks, study finds
Chicago Tribune But in a new clinical trial, researchers found that kids at schools with a "hand hygiene" plan, including alcohol-based hand sanitizers, suffered asthma attacks just often as their peers at other schools. The findings are not, however, the final word … |
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Cops: Suicidal teen in need of asthma medicine missing
Chicago Tribune A teen who is described as depressed, suicidal and in need of his medication for Asthma was reported missing, Chicago Police said. Jeremy Figueroa who turned 19 on Oct. 25, last made contact with his family on Oct. 26 and was last seen near the 3700 … |
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