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Specialist has tips to avoid asthma attack
UPI.com Asthmatic people can reduce the risk of asthma attack by being careful to avoid places where there's heavy tobacco smoke, a U.S. official says. |
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Asthma ICU hospital care declines – UPI.com
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Asthma ICU hospital care declines
UPI.com SAN ANTONIO, May 14 (UPI) — An analysis of 30 years of life-threatening asthma cases at a Texas hospital found annual admissions dropped 74 percent, researchers say. Lead author Dr. Jay I. Peters, professor and chief of pulmonary diseases at the … |
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Asthma triggered by more than pollen – UPI.com
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Asthma triggered by more than pollen
UPI.com ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., May 13 (UPI) — People with asthma have to watch out for more than pollen — fruit, campfires, weather changes or insect bites can all trigger attacks, US allergists warn. Dr. James Sublett, chairman of the American College of … |
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Medical costs of asthma about $50 billion – UPI.com
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Medical costs of asthma about $50 billion
UPI.com WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) — Annual medical expenses for 25 million Americans with asthma are estimated at $50 billion, US Secretary of Health and Human Resources Kathleen Sebelius said. Although asthma cannot be cured, it is critical to take the … EPA Works to Help the Nearly 26 Million Americans with Asthma Mission Children's asthma program receives EPA award United States EPA honors LA Care Health Plan With National Environmental … |
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Aspirin-exacerbated disease tied to smoke – UPI.com
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Aspirin-exacerbated disease tied to smoke
UPI.com Dr. Jinny Chang of The Methodist Hospital said about 10 percent of people with asthma and one-third of asthmatics with chronic sinus inflammation have aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease. Although they might have been able to take aspirin … |
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Asthma in African-Americans to be studied – UPI.com
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Asthma in African-Americans to be studied
UPI.com 30 (UPI) — US researchers say a study of the genetic code for asthma in African-Americans could reveal why the disease disproportionately afflicts that population. Scientists at Johns Hopkins, with $9.5 million in funding from the National Heart, … Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African-Americans $9.5 Million Federal Grant to Support "Asthma Genome" Project with African … Johns Hopkins wins $8.5M to study asthma among blacks |
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Better medication use could reduce asthma – UPI.com
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Better medication use could reduce asthma
UPI.com 16 (UPI) — One-quarter of severe asthma attacks could be prevented if patients consistently took their medication as prescribed, US researchers found. Lead author Dr. Keoki Williams, associate director of Henry Ford's Center for Health Policy and … Asthma Attacks Prevented With Consistent Medication Use, Research Finds |
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WTC first responders, double asthma risk – UPI.com
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WTC first responders, double asthma risk
UPI.com 5 (UPI) — World Trade Center first responders suffer from asthma at more than twice the rate of the general US population, due to the toxic dust, researchers say. Dr. Hyun Kim, an epidemiologist and assistant professor at the North Shore-Long Island … |
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Vitamin D test seeks subjects with asthma – UPI.com
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Vitamin D test seeks subjects with asthma
UPI.com 30 (UPI) — The University of Illinois at Chicago is recruiting volunteers with asthma to help determine whether vitamin D can make asthma medication more effective. Dr. Jerry Krishnan — professor of medicine, pulmonary, critical care, … |
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Moderate alcohol may reduce asthma risk – UPI.com
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Moderate alcohol may reduce asthma risk
UPI.com 25 (UPI) — Moderate amounts of alcohol may reduce the risk of asthma, researchers in Denmark suggest. Sofie Lieberoth of the Bispebjerg Hospital in Amsterdam and colleagues found drinking one to six units of alcohol a week could reduce the risk of … Moderate alcohol intake cuts asthma risk A few drinks a week could reduce asthma risk Moderate drinking reduces asthma risk |
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