Fertility treatment may not work as well for women with asthma

(Reuters Health) – Women with asthma who are undergoing fertility treatment may take much longer to conceive than peers without the respiratory disorder, a small Danish study suggests.
Researchers followed 245 women with unexplained infertility who sought treatment to help them conceive. With asthma, half of them took at least 4.6 years to conceive, compared to about 2.7 years without asthma.....

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Association between Electronic Cigarette Use and Asthma among High School Students in South Korea

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Little is known about health outcomes related to electronic cigarette (EC) use, despite its growing popularity. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between EC use and asthma.....

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Waterbury third grader dies unexpectedly
Child suffered asthma attack at after-school program

WATERBURY – A third-grade student from Duggan School died unexpectedly Thursday, school officials said, and an online fundraising website reports the child passed two days after suffering an asthma attack at an after-school program.....

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