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European Study: Air Pollution May Be Linked to Childhood Asthma
JP Updates A European medical study published this month in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine suggests that exposure to air pollution early in life may contribute to the development of asthma in childhood and adolescence. In the study funded by the European Union, … |
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Morning Updates: Murder by asthma, Joe Biden ribs Yale
Boston.com Murder by asthma? “The young man was aiming at a rival on a January evening in 2012 when he sent a barrage of bullets into a group on Blue Hill Avenue, prosecutors say. Everyone scattered, and no one was hit. But about a block away, a 40-year-old man … |
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Morning Updates: Biden ribs Yale, Amtrak reopens, and murder by asthma
Boston.com Murder by asthma? “The young man was aiming at a rival on a January evening in 2012 when he sent a barrage of bullets into a group on Blue Hill Avenue, prosecutors say. Everyone scattered, and no one was hit. But about a block away, a 40-year-old man … |
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Morning Updates: Demilitarized police, Amtrak reopens, and murder by asthma
Boston.com Murder by asthma? “The young man was aiming at a rival on a January evening in 2012 when he sent a barrage of bullets into a group on Blue Hill Avenue, prosecutors say. Everyone scattered, and no one was hit. But about a block away, a 40-year-old man … |
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Updates in the relationship between human rhinovirus and asthma.
Allergy Asthma Immunol Res. 2012 May;4(3):116-21
Authors: Kim WK, Gern JE
Abstract
Human rhinovirus (HRV) is a nonenveloped, single stranded RNA virus belonging to the family Picornaviridae. HRV infections can cause both upper and lower respiratory illnesses in children and adults. Lower respiratory illnesses are more likely to occur in specific high risk groups, including infants, and children and adults with asthma. The relationships between rates of infection and the risk of clinical illness and exacerbation are not completely understood. Recent studies employing polymerase chain reaction and other molecular techniques indicate that there are new branches on the HRV family tree, and one characteristic of recently detected viruses is that they cannot be detected by standard tissue culture. Here we review the current literature and discuss new advances in understanding the link between HRV and asthma.
PMID: 22548203 [PubMed – in process]
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Huffington Post World Asthma Day provides an opportunity to stop to consider the challenges of combating a disease that affects almost 7 million children in the United States. But for some children and their families, every day is asthma day. Children's National Recognizes World Asthma Day |
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