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Breastfeeding helps prevent asthma: study
New Zealand Herald By Nicky Park Breastfeeding can help prevent children from asthma or wheezing until they are at least six-years-old, a New Zealand study has found. Researchers gathered information on wheezing and asthma in 1105 children from Christchurch and … Breastfeeding protects against asthma up to six years of age |
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Could you be allergic to your Christmas tree?
New Zealand Herald He and his team found 53 different kinds of mould present on 23 samples, according to the research published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. These weren't everyday mould – 70 per cent were of the type that can trigger asthma attacks, … Merry Moldmas? |
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Patients' inhaler switch hotly debated in court
New Zealand Doctor Online The Symbicort inhaler's ability to control, prevent and relieve asthma for some patients without the need for a separate reliever has been argued as meriting full funding by Pharmac. The rapid action of the Symbicort Turbuhaler makes a critical … Pharmac taken to court over asthma subsidy |
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Pharmac taken to court over asthma subsidy
Radio New Zealand The High Court in Wellington has begun hearing a case that could affect the asthma inhalers used by about 20000 people. Drug firm Astrazeneca is challenging plans by the Government's drug-buying agency Pharmac to reduce the subsidy on combination … AstraZeneca and Pharmac butt heads in High Court |
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Quit smoking to help COPD, asthma group
New Zealand Doctor Online "Quitting is such a worthwhile thing to do and there's now so much quitting support available," Petera Wahanui, a winner at the Asthma Foundation's 2009 Asthma and Respiratory Achievers Awards says in the media release. The Asthma Foundation is … World COPD Day: Media statement from the Asthma Foundations Get a lung disease checkup Free testing today for COPD |
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The Asthma Foundation urges smokers to visit GP
New Zealand Doctor Online With World COPD Day approaching on 16 November, the Asthma Foundation is urging smokers and ex smokers who have breathing difficulties to talk to their GP or contact their nearest Asthma Society. A simple breathing test called spirometry can show … Asthma Foundation Calls For Smokers to Get Checked For COPD Bracing up for winter |
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Freezing soft toys before washing combats dust mites
New Zealand Herald Photo / Thinkstock Washing soft toys after putting them in the freezer overnight is a good way of reducing the asthma hazard to children posed by dust mites in the toys, University of Otago researchers say. Recently published research by Associate … Parents should chill over house dust mites: Medical scientists Freezing of Toys Gives Freedom from HDM How to kill dust mites on soft toys |
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Pregnancy study links low-fat yoghurt to asthma in children
New Zealand Herald A study of more than 60000 women in the Netherlands found that eating low-fat yoghurt during pregnancy increased the chances of her child developing asthma or hay fever. Photo / Thinkstock Women who eat low-fat yoghurt while … Yogurt Consumption While Pregnant Could Lead to Childhood Asthma Yogurt While Pregnant May Raise Risk of Asthma in Child (Video) Yoghurt-asthma link in baby study |
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Asthma may impact on young children's learning to read even more than …
New Zealand Doctor Online Asthma may have even more negative impact on young children's learning to read than research linking the two to date has previously suggested delegates at the New Zealand Respiratory Conference were told in Wellington today. … |
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Ministry of Health Highlights Financial Implications of Treating Asthma Patients
TopNews New Zealand Revealing the shocking costs for the treatment of asthma, Ministry of Health has stated that it cost $1121 a day to treat a patient of asthma in hospital. According to the Asthma Foundation's President Professor Ian Town, it was one of the several ways … Asthma can't stop All Black dream Asthma costs us in so many ways Everyone Breathe Launches New Asthma Education Grant Program to Raise … |
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