Babies born a few weeks early 'suffer health risks'

Babies born just a few weeks early have a higher risk of poor health, including asthma, than those born later, research suggests...
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NIH asthma outcome measures aim to maximize research investments, reduce disparities
New measures may hold key to reducing disparities in children with asthma

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 2, 2012 – Newly proposed asthma outcome measures will help standardize and improve results from the hundreds of millions of dollars the National Institutes of Health (NIH) spends annually to study asthma, according to the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. (MCAN), the nation's only organization focused solely on childhood asthma. Even though years of research have led to groundbreaking improvements in better understanding and managing asthma, MCAN noted that the inability to compare results across many studies has hindered the nation's efforts to find long-term solutions and reduce childhood asthma disparities...
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Study: Asthma Sufferers Not Using Meds

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) — Many asthma sufferers are apparently not getting the proper medications.

A new study looking at asthma sufferers finds nearly half of children and adults with persistent asthma are not using controller medications. One of the study’s authors, Dr. Michael Blaiss, says taking controller medications is key to treatment....
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