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More sunshine could help asthma patients What does getting a tan have to do with asthma? Well, maybe not a tan specifically, but spending more time out in the sun could be beneficial to asthma patients. When a person absorbs sunlight, the body produces vitamin D, which is thought to calm the … Full News [...]

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Assessing Your Asthma is Key to Taking Control WILMINGTON, Del., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Approximately 25 million Americans suffer from asthma, which accounts for more than 3300 deaths each year. AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) is urging Americans to embrace National Asthma … Full News here – Read more on MarketWatch (press release)

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World Asthma Day. Video Rating: 0 / 5

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It's Asthma Awareness Month; Take a look at your workplace – HR.BLR.com– BLR May is Asthma Awareness Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are 26 million people in the United States living with asthma, a chronic, life-long disease affecting the lungs that causes repeated episodes of … Full News [...]

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'Too many myths delay asthma treatment' Doctors in the city on Monday sought to clear some misconceptions regarding asthma on the occasion of World Asthma Day. Speaking at a function held in the city, Dr Nitesh Shah, a pulmonologist, said that there are no data available on the number of … Full News here – [...]

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Asthma Symptoms, Treatment and More Asthma is a disease affecting your lungs. Asthma causes wheezing, shortness of breath, chest pain and coughing. In many instances, these symptoms appear mostly at night or early morning. Some people with asthma have these symptoms daily. People with … Full News here – Read more on U.S. News & [...]

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Das erste Video der sächsischen Hip Hop Formation “Asthma La Vista”. Ihr erstes Album “Ohne Proben” ist ab dem 22.02.2013 als Digipack erhältlich. Raps: Harr… Video Rating: 4 / 5

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Kids With Asthma Play Hard, Too Physical activity by people with asthma isn't harmful and might even be helpful to treating the condition, doctors in the field believe. A report published last year in the Cochrane Database Systems Review, a journal that reviews health-care treatments … Full News here – Read more on Wall Street [...]

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American kids are more likely to have allergies and asthma, research shows Is living in America a risk factor for developing serious allergies and asthma? It sure seems that way. Asthma, skin and food allergies are much more common in Americans than foreigners, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American [...]

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Dramatic Shift for Kids With Asthma Dramatic Shift for Kids With Asthma. For kids with asthma, more doctors are prescribing the once unthinkable: exercise. WSJ "In the Lab" columnist Shirley Wang unpacks the latest research on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images. Up Next … Full News here – Read more on Wall Street Journal (India)

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Bitter Taste May Battle Asthma People with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other breathing disorders need fast relief when their airways tighten up. Unfortunately, the most commonly used medication has obnoxious side effects. But scientists recently discovered that … Full News here – Read more on Scientific American

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Lauren Handelman, MD Joins Northeast Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Dr. Lauren Handelman is a board certified allergy and immunology specialist with 20 years of practice experience in the Boston area including pediatrics, allergies and asthma. She is a graduate of Stanford Medical School and an instructor at Harvard … Full News here – Read more [...]

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What's Going Around: Influenza B, asthma, allergies She recently hospitalized two children with allergy induced asthma. She says that if you have seasonal allergies it's important to get started on allergy medication. And Kutilek is still seeing patients with RSV plus she is seeing a lot of patients … Full News here – Read more [...]

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The Bakersfield walk for air supports those suffering from asthma, lung cancer … BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The American Lung Association in California's fight for air walk was held today Saturday, April 13 at Yuktus park. The walk was held to raise funds in support of the fight for healthy lungs and clean air. The walk [...]

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People with asthma warned over fatal attacks More than 145,000 people in Scotland are unaware they could have a potentially fatal asthma attack, according to Asthma UK Scotland. The charity said 49% of people with asthma, over the age of 12, did not realise they were at increased risk of an … Full News here [...]

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