Kaiser Permanente Study Finds Obesity-Asthma Link in Children Varies by Race/Ethnicity

PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Children and adolescents who are overweight or obese are more likely to have asthma than their healthy weight counterparts, according to a new Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published in the online edition of Obesity. The study, which included more than 681,000 children between ages 6 and 19, found that the association between asthma and body mass index varied by race and ethnicity...
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Scientists collaborate in discovery of new targets for the treatment of asthma

A collaboration between scientists in Trinity College Dublin and the United Kingdom has identified new processes that lead to the development of a novel cell implicated in allergies. The discovery has the potential for new strategies to treat asthma and other allergic diseases. The research findings have just been published in the leading international journal Nature Immunology...
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Galen Rupp: The Athlete and Allergy Sufferer
Olympian galen rupp suffers from asthma and allergies

“Asthma and allergies don't have to stop you from doing great things,” says United States Olympian Galen Rupp. Rupp should know as he's been battling asthma and allergies his whole life...
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