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Mother's Exposure to Bisphenol A May Increase Children's Chances of Asthma
February 3, 2010 Mouse experiments have produced evidence that a mother's exposure to bisphenol A may increase the odds that her children will develop ... > full story -
New Insights Into Allergy-Related Disorders in Children
January 25, 2010 Allergies and asthma are a continuing health problem in most developed countries, but just how do these ailments develop over the course of a childhood? In a population-based study designed to help ... > full story -
New Sensor Could Help Treat, Combat Diabetes, Other Diseases
January 21, 2010 A tiny new sensor could provide fresh, inexpensive diagnosis and treatment methods for people suffering from a variety of ... > full story -
Switch Turns on Allergic Disease in People
January 20, 2010 A new study in human cells has singled out a molecule that specifically directs immune cells to develop the capability to produce an allergic response. The signaling molecule, called thymic stromal ... > full story -
Effectiveness of Asthma Relief Inhalers: Discovery Opens New Avenues for Treatment of Poorly Controlled Asthma
January 12, 2010 A new study is probing why asthma relief inhalers might actually make asthma worse -- and what can be done about ... > full story -
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Early Lessons from the H1N1 Pandemic: Critical Illness in Children Unpredictable but Survivable
January 7, 2010 Lessons learned from the first 13 children at Johns Hopkins Children's Center to become critically ill from the H1N1 virus show that although all patients survived, serious complications developed ... > full story -
Novel Gene Found for Childhood-Onset Asthma
December 23, 2009 Pediatric researchers have identified a novel gene involved in childhood asthma, in one of the largest gene studies to date of the common respiratory disease. Because the gene, called DENND1B, ... > full story -
Air Pollution Linked to Hospitalizations for Pneumonia in Seniors
December 23, 2009 A study found that among older individuals, long-term exposure to traffic pollution independently increased their risk of hospitalization for ... > full story -
Genetic Variant May Control Lung Function and Risk of COPD
December 17, 2009 Researchers have discovered evidence that suggests a genetic variant may be associated with better preserved lung function among children with asthma and adults who ... > full story -
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Better Education Associated With Improved Asthma
December 16, 2009 Individuals with more education suffer less from asthma. Researchers have found that having less than 12 years of formal schooling is associated with worse asthma ... > full story
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