Schools play major role in well-being of kids with asthma

When Denika Jackson dropped her son Keontae Gaskin at a summer school program in June, she had no idea that it would put the 13-year-old in a situation that could have triggered an asthma attack.....

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Allergies And Asthma Can Be Related To Mold

As with any allergy, mold allergies and asthma symptoms are triggered by an overly sensitive immune system response – this is referred to as an autoimmune response disorder. When you inhale tiny airborne-mold spores, your body recognizes them as foreign invaders and can develop allergies – this causes antibodies to fight them.....

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LJI develops new approach to identify genes poised to respond in asthma patients

SAN DIEGO – July 8, 2014 In a study published yesterday in the scientific journal Nature Immunology, a group at the La Jolla Institute (LJI) led by Pandurangan Vijayanand, Ph.D. identify new genes that likely contribute to asthma, a disease that currently affects over 200 million people world wide.....

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