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FDA to Primatene Users: Get Asthma Prescription Now – WebMD


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FDA to Primatene Users: Get Asthma Prescription Now
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31, and prescription inhalers are the only alternative to the over-the-counter asthma drug. Don't wait to get that prescription. The FDA warns that Primatene supplies may not last until the end of the year. "All inhalers that might substitute require a …
Asthma inhalers being phased out over environmental worriesCBS News
Asthma Inhaler Primatene Mist Going Off the MarketU.S. News & World Report
FDA phases out inhaler due to environmental impactUSA Today
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Heartburn, Reflux Seen in 9/11 Survivors – WebMD


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Heartburn, Reflux Seen in 9/11 Survivors
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The findings held even among people who did not have asthma or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Both of these conditions have been found to coexist with GERD. The researchers speculate that alkaline cement — one of the components seen in the dust …
9/11 Tied to Increase in Acid Reflux DiseaseHealth.com
First Long-Term Study of World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers Shows …HealthCanal.com
Increased Incidence of Gastroesophageal Reflux Symptoms Among 9/11 World Trade …Newswise (press release)
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Prepregnancy Obesity Linked to Asthma in Teens – WebMD

Prepregnancy Obesity Linked to Asthma in Teens
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15, 2011 — Children of women who are overweight or obese when they become pregnant may be more likely to have asthma by the time of adolescence, a new study shows. Researchers in Britain, Finland, and Sweden say their study suggests that being …
Pre-pregnancy overweight may program teen asthma symptomsEurekAlert (press release)
Asthma concern for teenage children of overweight mothersScotsman
Asthma in teenage children linked to overweight mumsHerald Sun

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Mold Exposure in Infancy Raises Asthma Risk – WebMD

Mold Exposure in Infancy Raises Asthma Risk
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2, 2011 — Infants raised in a home with moldy areas may be more likely to develop childhood asthma. A new study shows that infants who lived in moldy homes were nearly three times more likely to have childhood asthma by age 7. …
Indoor mold poses key asthma risk for babiesCNN (blog)
Mold Exposure During Infancy Increases Asthma RiskNewswise (press release)
Mold Exposure Increases Kids Risk of AsthmaWTMA

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Electromagnetic Fields Linked to Asthma in Kids – WebMD


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Electromagnetic Fields Linked to Asthma in Kids
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1, 2011 — Researchers seeking to explain the rising number of asthma cases in children have fingered a new suspect: electromagnetic fields (EMFs), energy that can't been seen or felt that is generated by household appliances, electronic devices, cars, …
Rise in Asthma Risk Linked to Exposure to Magnetic Fields During PregnancyBloomberg
Magnetic Field Exposure in Utero Linked to Later AsthmaMedscape
Pylons linked to babies' asthma: Hairdryers, vacuum cleaners and microwave …Daily Mail
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New Asthma Genes Found in Africans, Japanese – WebMD


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New Asthma Genes Found in Africans, Japanese
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1, 2011 — Four newly identified genetic mutations may raise the risk of asthma in different ethnic groups, according to two new studies. In the first study, researchers found that changes in the gene PYHIN1 increased the risk of asthma in people of …
Gene Linked to High Asthma Risk in African-Americans DiscoveredInternational Business Times
Asthma Gene Unique To African AmericansMedical News Today
Geneticists Find Gene Linked To Asthma In African-AmericanNews One
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Breastfeeding May Cut Risk of Asthma for Baby – WebMD

Breastfeeding May Cut Risk of Asthma for Baby
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July 21, 2011 — Breastfeeding for at least six months appears to reduce the risk of a child developing asthma, new Dutch research suggests. Exclusive breastfeeding offered even more protection, the researchers found. …
Breastfeeding reduces chance of asthmaTelegraph.co.uk
Breastfeeding may prevent asthmaEurekAlert (press release)

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Asthma Study Shows Placebo Can Help Symptoms – WebMD


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Asthma Study Shows Placebo Can Help Symptoms
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Now a study suggests that placebos can be effective in reducing symptoms in patients with asthma. The caring that comes with treatment — even fake treatment — is just as important, find Ted J. Kaptchuk, associate professor of medicine at Harvard …
Placebo Effect Powerful in AsthmaMedPage Today
Placebo relieves asthma symptoms as well as medicationBoston Globe
Asthma Test Patients Report Sham Drug Benefits Where Doctors See NoneBloomberg
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Asthma Drug May Be Fat-Burner Pill – WebMD


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Asthma Drug May Be Fat-Burner Pill
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June 6, 2011 — A medicine used to treat asthma may also be a fat-burning drug, new research suggests. When taken in pill form, the drug known as formoterol boosted fat burning while preserving protein metabolism, thus maintaining …
New Generation Asthma Drug Improves metabolism according to ResearchAccentedTouch
Asthma drug can fight fatNEWS.com.au
Fat Burning Increases in Men with Oral Form of Bronchodilator Drug, FormoterolNewswise (press release)
Next Big Future –Fox News –Mirror.co.uk
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