Research Awardees Seek Causes, Cures for Asthma and Allergies

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) is the leading national voluntary health agency (VHA) – or "patient advocacy group" – for millions of people with asthma and allergic diseases in the U.S. When AAFA was founded in 1953, fewer than 20 million Americans were afflicted, but today the prevalence among children and adults has more than tripled. Now over 22 million people have asthma and more than 50 million have allergic diseases of all types, including food allergies, drug allergies, nasal allergies and others.....

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Soup Could Reduce Asthma Risk In Kids

A new study will be conducted by researchers at the University of Aberdeen to reveal whether soups enhanced with food that contains vitamin E may help reduce the chance of childhood asthma.....

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Teva Sues Perrigo Over Patents for ProAir Asthma Inhaler

A unit of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (TEVA), the world’s largest maker of generic drugs, sued rival Perrigo Co. (PRGO) over patents for the ProAir asthma inhaler.....

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