NBA Draft: Asthma deflating Kevon Looney’s draft stock

Former Milwaukee Hamilton star Kevon Looney was being considered a top-10 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft shortly after he declared he was leaving UCLA after just one season earlier this spring.
But according to a report, Looney’s stock may be plummeting because of concerns over his asthma and its effect on his endurance and conditioning.....

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Asthma drug may help treat dengue

The drug Ketotifen has been used for more than 30 years in the treatment of asthma and allergies.
Now, researchers at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School are testing its efficacy in treating the more severe symptoms of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF), in the first trial of its kind worldwide.....

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Men With Asthma Less Likely to Develop Lethal Prostate Cancer

A recent analysis of a large observational study has revealed that men with a history of asthma are less likely than those without it to develop lethal prostate cancer, researchers at Johns Hopkins reported. These findings were published by Platz et al in the International Journal of Cancer.....

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