Second Hand Smoke During Or After Birth Linked To Increased Asthma Risk

(RTTNews) - A new study by researchers in the U.K. has revealed that second hand smoke may significantly increase the risk of developing asthma for children. For the study the research team pooled data from 79 similar studies, finding that children exposed to pre or post-natal second hand smoke showed between and 21 and 80 percent increased risk of developing asthma...

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Nurse-initiated steroids improve pediatric asthma care

HealthDay News -- Nurse initiation of oral corticosteroids before physician assessment of pediatric patients with asthma improves quality and efficiency of care provided in the pediatric ED, study data show...

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Cytos to Secure up to CHF 37M to Advance Phase II Asthma Immunotherapy
Cytos Biotechnology says that it expects to raise up to CHF 37 million (about $40.56 million) in equity and debt. The round is being led by venBio and includes investments by Amgen, Abingworth, and Aisling Capital. The funds will enable Cytos to conduct a global multicenter Phase IIb trial with its lead product CYT003-QbG10 in patients suffering from allergic asthma as well as to advance the rest of its pipeline...

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