Florida Police Shoot At Unarmed Man Speeding Home To Save His Daughter From Asthma Attack

While rushing home to obtain his daughter’s asthma medication, Brian Dennison, 29, was shot at by a Jacksonville sheriff, J.C Garcia. At the last-minute the officer was able to divert his weapon after and Dennison was unharmed. Dennison’s daughter, who was in the back seat, was suffering from an asthma attack at the time of the pursuit and was also unharmed.....

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The scary link between asthma and dementia (and how to break it)

As if these two conditions weren’t each terrifying enough on their own, a new study suggests there’s a link between asthma and dementia.
The study looked at 55,000 people over 45. Around 1/5 of them had asthma. Researchers monitored them for up to 13 years. The results were stunning—and not in a good way.....

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Treatment of silent acid reflux does not improve asthma in children, NIH study finds

Adding the acid reflux drug lansoprazole to a standard inhaled steroid treatment for asthma does not improve asthma control in children who have no symptom of acid reflux, according to a new study funded in part by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. Lansoprazole therapy slightly increased the risk of sore throats and other respiratory problems in children, however.....

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