Making asthma, allergies easier to cope with

Millions of Americans — children and adults — suffer from allergies and there are more now than ever before.
Dr. Kevin Benson, who has been at the Medical Center Hospital Family Health Clinic since October, said there is a crossover among asthma, allergies and eczema. “They call it the allergic triad. They all kind of go together.
“They’re all autoimmune, so if you’re affected by one, you’re often affected by the others,” said Benson, who is board certified in pediatrics.....

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Facts To Know About Asthma In Children

Asthma is a condition in which the small tubes that carry air in the lungs are over-sensitive to certain allergic substances (allergens) and react very strongly to them by contracting and shrinking in diameter, thus obstructing the passage of air and making it difficult to breath. This can happen repeatedly whenever the airways are exposed to certain allergens.....

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New study shows microRNAs play important role in inducing asthma

A new study shows that microRNAs, which are small, noncoding RNA molecules that can silence genes, have an important role in inducing asthma. Regulating the function of specific miRNAs identified in the study could represent a new approach to asthma therapy, according to an article in Stem Cells and Development, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.....

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