Black Mold Aggravates Applicant’s Pre-Existing Asthma: Cal. Comp. Cases February Advanced Postings (2/13/2014)

Injuries AOE/COE—WCAB held that applicant city housing development coordinator sustained two industrial injuries to multiple body parts during her employment with defendant and on cumulative trauma basis, based on testimony from applicant and applicant’s vocational expert and on opinions from applicant’s qualified medical evaluator, all of which WCAB found was substantial evidence, when WCAB found that applicant had pre-existing asthma, that she claimed exposure to pulmonary irritants in two buildings where she worked (dust and standing water in one building, leaking water, black mold, and ammonia in second building), and that exposure led to aggravation of asthma and increased use of medications, which led to internal and orthopedic injury.....

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Passive smoking impairs children's responses to asthma treatment

Children exposed to cigarette smoke at home have lower levels of an enzyme that helps them respond to asthma treatment, a study has found.....

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NIH study seeks to improve asthma therapy for African-Americans

Washington, DC - Researchers will enroll around 500 African-American children and adults who have asthma in a multi-center clinical trial to assess how they react to therapies and to explore the role of genetics in determining the response to asthma treatment.....

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