Waiting to Exhale: GPS Inhalers Identify Asthma Hotspots

By next summer, when 500 people with asthma in Louisville, Ky., decide to take a whiff from their inhaler, they won’t just be injecting much-needed medication into their lungs -- they’ll be participating in a cutting-edge experiment that's pushing the limits of health data.....

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Asthma preventive drugs market led by GlaxoSmithKline's Advair

The asthma preventive drugs market has been forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.5% through to 2015, driven by the increasing incidence of asthma along with the increased focus on contract manufacturing outsourcing, according to a new report added to the offering of Companiesandmarkets.com.....

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Exploding pollen behind thunderstorm asthma

It comes from the sky with a powerful force, exploding particles on Earth and causing them to multiply – the catalyst for thunderstorm asthma.
Thunderstorms trigger the condition by causing particles of pollen which are normally too big to enter the airways to explode.....

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