AACR: Hay Fever, Asthma Tied to Lower Colorectal Cancer Death
People with both hay fever and asthma have a modestly reduced risk of dying from colorectal cancer, according to a study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held from Oct. 16 to 19 in Anaheim, Calif.....
Read more here: doctorslounge.com
Asthma Screening Day
At the third annual Asthma Screening Day at Riis Settlement, a community center in the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, held Saturday, residents had fun and were checked for the breathing condition.....
Continue reading here: qchron.com
AAHPO event raises asthma awareness
Edgewater, N.J. - To learn more about how they can better assist patients with asthma, more than 40 Armenian health care professionals packed River Palm Terrace in Edgewater, N.J. in September to attend a talk sponsored by the Airway Specialist Society......
Full news here: reporter.am
Friday, October 19, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
SLU To Help Develop Asthma App
The asthma risk app being co-developed by Saint Louis University could look something like this.
Faculty at Saint Louis University are helping to develop an app to provide asthma sufferers with a dynamic, personalized map showing areas of high asthma risk.....
Continue reading here: news.stlpublicradio.org
Google gift allows SLU, Harvard to create real-time asthma alert system
A $93,000 gift from Google together with a $25,000 award from Saint Louis University’s President’s Research Fund will allow faculty at SLU, Harvard and St. Louis College of Pharmacy to research smart phone and web-based applications and data infrastructure to create an asthma alert messaging system......
Read more here: stlamerican.com
Funeral for asthma attack victim
FAMILY and friends will gather at St Mary's Church in Chard tomorrow (Thursday) to say their final farewells to 14-year-old Ryan Clarke who died suddenly last week......
Source: thisisthewestcountry.co.uk
The asthma risk app being co-developed by Saint Louis University could look something like this.
Faculty at Saint Louis University are helping to develop an app to provide asthma sufferers with a dynamic, personalized map showing areas of high asthma risk.....
Continue reading here: news.stlpublicradio.org
Google gift allows SLU, Harvard to create real-time asthma alert system
A $93,000 gift from Google together with a $25,000 award from Saint Louis University’s President’s Research Fund will allow faculty at SLU, Harvard and St. Louis College of Pharmacy to research smart phone and web-based applications and data infrastructure to create an asthma alert messaging system......
Read more here: stlamerican.com
Funeral for asthma attack victim
FAMILY and friends will gather at St Mary's Church in Chard tomorrow (Thursday) to say their final farewells to 14-year-old Ryan Clarke who died suddenly last week......
Source: thisisthewestcountry.co.uk
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Stony Brook awarded asthma monitor grant
Researchers at Stony Brook University have been awarded a nearly $600,000 federal grant to help develop a low-cost, handheld device that can monitor asthma at home.....
Source: newsday.com
Doctors offer surgical approach for treating asthma
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - For more than 30 years, Miriam Rivera did everything she could to ease her asthma.
"Allergy shots, medication, the machines, nebulizer, all kinds of things," said Rivera. "I got better one day. The next day, I got sick."......
Read more here: local10.com
EPA funds asthma management in San Diego schools
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded $39,327 to the American Lung Association of California to improve air quality, as well as student asthma self-management skills in low-income schools in San Diego.....
Continue reading here: nctimes.com
Researchers at Stony Brook University have been awarded a nearly $600,000 federal grant to help develop a low-cost, handheld device that can monitor asthma at home.....
Source: newsday.com
Doctors offer surgical approach for treating asthma
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - For more than 30 years, Miriam Rivera did everything she could to ease her asthma.
"Allergy shots, medication, the machines, nebulizer, all kinds of things," said Rivera. "I got better one day. The next day, I got sick."......
Read more here: local10.com
EPA funds asthma management in San Diego schools
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded $39,327 to the American Lung Association of California to improve air quality, as well as student asthma self-management skills in low-income schools in San Diego.....
Continue reading here: nctimes.com
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Mice at risk of asthma, allergies can fight off skin cancer
A molecule involved in asthma and allergies now has been shown to make mice resistant to skin cancer, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis......
Read more here: news.wustl.edu
Why is childhood asthma on the rise?
With one in five Irish children affected by the disease, should we be getting worried, asks FIONA REDDAN
IRELAND HAS the fourth highest prevalence of asthma in children in the world and one in five Irish children will now develop the illness. But what’s behind the rise?.....
Continue reading here: irishtimes.com
Secondhand Smoke Ups Babies' Risk of Asthma, Study Says
MONDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Babies exposed to cigarette smoke are at increased risk for developing childhood respiratory diseases such as asthma, according to a new study.....
Full news here: health.usnews.com
A molecule involved in asthma and allergies now has been shown to make mice resistant to skin cancer, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis......
Read more here: news.wustl.edu
Why is childhood asthma on the rise?
With one in five Irish children affected by the disease, should we be getting worried, asks FIONA REDDAN
IRELAND HAS the fourth highest prevalence of asthma in children in the world and one in five Irish children will now develop the illness. But what’s behind the rise?.....
Continue reading here: irishtimes.com
Secondhand Smoke Ups Babies' Risk of Asthma, Study Says
MONDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Babies exposed to cigarette smoke are at increased risk for developing childhood respiratory diseases such as asthma, according to a new study.....
Full news here: health.usnews.com
Monday, October 15, 2012
Asthma sufferers may have harder time in the fall
Asthma is the leading cause of chronic lung disease among children and young adults. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in every 11 U.S. children suffers from this disease.....
Full news here: durangoherald.com
Asthma concerns in Noble Park
A NOBLE Park mum is worried her son's asthma will be aggravated when he starts school next year.
Amanda McCracken's four-year-old son Abraham suffers from severe asthma and she is concerned it will only become worse because of pollution from traffic at his future school, Harrisfield Primary School.....
Source: dandenong-leader.whereilive.com.au
Tornado Destroys Allergy & Asthma Center in Rogers
A tornado touched down in Rogers Saturday night, twisting trees, downing power lines and leveling fences throughout the area.
The Hedberg Allergy and Asthma Center was hit full force.
Curtis Hedberg, M.D., Jenny Campbell, M.D., Adesua Wejinya, M.D. and their office staff spent Sunday digging through the debris to see what could be salvaged.....
Read more here: 5newsonline.com
Asthma is the leading cause of chronic lung disease among children and young adults. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in every 11 U.S. children suffers from this disease.....
Full news here: durangoherald.com
Asthma concerns in Noble Park
A NOBLE Park mum is worried her son's asthma will be aggravated when he starts school next year.
Amanda McCracken's four-year-old son Abraham suffers from severe asthma and she is concerned it will only become worse because of pollution from traffic at his future school, Harrisfield Primary School.....
Source: dandenong-leader.whereilive.com.au
Tornado Destroys Allergy & Asthma Center in Rogers
A tornado touched down in Rogers Saturday night, twisting trees, downing power lines and leveling fences throughout the area.
The Hedberg Allergy and Asthma Center was hit full force.
Curtis Hedberg, M.D., Jenny Campbell, M.D., Adesua Wejinya, M.D. and their office staff spent Sunday digging through the debris to see what could be salvaged.....
Read more here: 5newsonline.com
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)