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MyAsthma App: New Asthma Management Tool [VIDEO]
By Lori Brown | Apr 14, 2017 10:04 AM EDTMyAsthma app has been rolled out on the iTunes store to help asthma patients and their carers manage the condition.
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Having Pets Lowers Risk Developing Allergies Later In Life, Prevent Obesity In Children [VIDEO]
By Gerard Black | Apr 10, 2017 11:41 AM EDTCanadian researchers have found a link between pet ownership and developing allergies later in life and helping prevent obesity in children.
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WHO: Pollution Kills 1.7 Million Children Every Year
By Beth Vargas | Mar 07, 2017 10:41 AM ESTPoor environment, lack of access to clean water and medical care raises risk of death among children aged 5 and younger.
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Inhaler Users Get Only Half Medicine Per Puff
By Hannah Grace | Mar 02, 2017 07:00 AM ESTInhalers are most efficient delivery mechanism for many patients. However, they require deft maneuvers on the part of the patients.
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Five-year-old Girl Died Of Asthma After GP Turned Her Away For Being 4 Minutes Late
By Anne Collins | Feb 27, 2017 08:10 AM ESTTragic Ellie-May was turned away from The Grange Clinic after arriving just four minutes late. She died of an asthma attack five hours later.
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Children In Low Income Families More Prone To Asthma, ADHD
By Abbie Kraft | Feb 15, 2017 07:00 PM ESTStudies reveal that children in low-income families are more susceptible to asthma and are more likely to develop ADHD.
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Asthma Affects Couple Sex Lives
By Anne Collins | Feb 14, 2017 08:20 AM ESTMore than two in three people with asthma say their condition affects their sex life. Some have even decided to stop having sex to prevent their condition from getting worse.
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Scientists Link Insomnia To Asthma
By Anne Collins | Feb 03, 2017 07:50 AM ESTAsthma affects millions of both adults and children in the United States. Approximately 1 in 10 children and 1 in 12 adults have insomnia according to a survey from the American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology.
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Children With Asthma At Risk For Developing Obesity
By Minnow Blythe | Jan 24, 2017 10:05 AM ESTIs having asthma making children fat?
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Research Reveals That Majority Of Adults Think They Have Asthma, When In Fact They Don't
By Abbie Kraft | Jan 24, 2017 08:10 AM ESTAdults are often living with a misdiagnosis as they would refer to any respiratory difficulty as asthma.
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“Vitamin D Deficient Children Are More Prone To Suffer Asthma” Say Researchers
By Sarah | Nov 10, 2016 11:20 AM ESTResearches have found that Vitamin D deficient children are more prone to be suffer from asthma and other allergies as they grow up. There is a positive relationship between the increased complaints of Vitamin D deficiency in early childhood and higher rate of asthma and allergies like eczema at the age 10.
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Fetal Exposure to certain Asthma Drugs in the Womb linked to Autism Risk, Study Says
By Cheri Cheng | Jan 06, 2016 11:31 AM ESTBabies exposed to certain asthma drugs in the womb have a slightly higher risk of autism, a new study is reporting.
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Childhood Asthma Linked to Increased Risk of Shingles in Adult Life
By R. Siva Kumar | Dec 31, 2015 09:26 AM ESTResearchers find a link between childhood asthma and shingles.
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GlaxoSmithKline’s Asthma Drug is too Expensive, Independent Group Says
By Cheri Cheng | Dec 22, 2015 02:31 PM ESTGlaxoSmithKline's new drug, Nucala is too expensive, the independent nonprofit group, the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), concluded.
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Vitamin D Supplements not Effective in Preventing Colds in Asthmatic People, Study Says
By Cheri Cheng | Dec 11, 2015 11:34 AM ESTPeople with asthma cannot lower their risk of developing a cold by taking vitamin D supplements, a study reported.
