A Cure for Asthma?

What if we could cure asthma, not just manage it? According to the CDC, more than 26 million people suffer from asthma. The epidemic is growing, with the death toll rising annually. The toll exceeds $50 billion a year in medical costs and lost productivity.....

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No link to air toxics in pediatric asthma prevalence

A nationwide US study has found that early exposure to ambient air toxics does not associate with the prevalence of asthma in young children.
The results are somewhat surprising, given that air toxics – a list of 187 pollutants deemed hazardous to human health in the 1990 US Clean Air Act Amendments – have been linked to asthma exacerbations in some previous studies. Additionally, the six criteria pollutants have been shown to strongly correlate with prevalent asthma.....

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Asthma medicines a struggle for many countries study

The availability, pricing and affordability of three essential asthma medicines varies greatly according to a new study of 52 low-and middle-income countries.
The study, by researchers at the University of Auckland was published in the journal PharmacoEconomics. It was led by Dr Zaheer Babar from the University’s School of Pharmacy, and Dr Karen Bissell from the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) and the University of Auckland School of Population Health......

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