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February 9, 2016

Air pollution exposure during pregnancy linked with asthma risk – Medical Xpress

Air pollution exposure during pregnancy linked with asthma risk
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The researchers monitored physician-diagnosed asthma cases among this group and also assessed exposure of the mother's to air pollutants during pregnancy. Each mother's postcode was used and exposure level was determined using three measures:.
Air pollution increases asthma risk in babiesTimes of India
Air pollution exposure in pregnancy ups asthma risk in babies: studyDeccan Chronicle
Moms-to-be, cut your exposure to air pollution, it increases asthma risk in babiesTheHealthSite

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January 29, 2016

How asthma develops from exposure to house dust mites – Medical Xpress

How asthma develops from exposure to house dust mites
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University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have found a previously unknown step in the pathway that leads to asthma, a discovery that may offer new therapeutic approaches to this incurable disease. Asthma affects more than 25 million people in the …

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January 26, 2016

Anti-asthma drugs taken during pregnancy associated with autism risk – Medical Xpress

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Anti-asthma drugs taken during pregnancy associated with autism risk
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B2AR agonist drugs—which include salmetereol and formoterol—are used to relax the bronchial passages in a person's lungs, providing a release from the constricting nature of asthma. According to the study, B2AR drugs can cross the placenta and reach …
Study: Anti-asthma drugs taken during pregnancy associated with autism risk Drexel UniversityEurekAlert (press release)

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January 12, 2016

Are childhood asthma rates declining? – Medical Xpress

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Are childhood asthma rates declining?
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Childhood asthma has made headlines in recent years because of an upward trend in the number of cases. That may have changed: A government study published in the journal Pediatrics shows asthma rates may be leveling off or declining, but not for poor …

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December 21, 2015

Modeling COPD and asthma in a human small airway-on-a-chip – Medical Xpress

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Modeling COPD and asthma in a human small airway-on-a-chip
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COPD and asthma are inflammatory reactions in the lung which can be dramatically exacerbated by viral and bacterial infections, as well as smoking. It is known that many of the associated disease processes occur in the conducting airway sections of the …

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December 11, 2015

Vitamin D won’t guard against colds in people with asthma – Medical Xpress

Vitamin D won't guard against colds in people with asthma
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The findings surprised the researchers because they had previously shown that asthma flare-ups fell 40 percent in patients who took vitamin D supplements to increase low levels of the vitamin. Colds often cause asthma flare-ups, and the study authors …

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November 26, 2015

Looking on the brighter side of childhood asthma – Medical Xpress

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Looking on the brighter side of childhood asthma
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The effect of a widespread genetic variant that increases the risk for childhood asthma can be neutralized. A new study shows that young infants are particularly responsive to the positive influence of exposure to farm dust.

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November 23, 2015

Early childhood bronchiolitis increases asthma risk in adulthood – Medical Xpress

Early childhood bronchiolitis increases asthma risk in adulthood
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Persons who have had bronchiolitis in early childhood have an increased risk of asthma at the age of 28-31 and a weaker health-related quality of life than their peers. In lung function tests, they also demonstrate changes indicative of irreversible …

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November 12, 2015

Substantial increase in costs for uncontrolled asthma – Medical Xpress

Substantial increase in costs for uncontrolled asthma
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The researchers found that asthma was symptomatically controlled, partially controlled, and uncontrolled in 29.4, 39.8, and 30.8 percent of visits, respectively. The average costs for asthma were $134.50 for three months, with 20.5, 47.8, and 31.5 …

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November 5, 2015