$7M Asthma Grant to UA College of Medicine – Tucson

Led by Dr. Monica Kraft, researchers will use the National Institutes of Health grant to conduct a five-year study to investigate the interrelationship of genetic mediators to reduce lung inflammation and attacks in asthma patients.
About 25 million people in the United States — 7 million of them children — suffer from asthma. A five-year, $7 million National Institutes of Health grant awarded recently to Dr. Monica Kraft, an internationally renowned physician-scientist who specializes in translational asthma research at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and the UA Health Sciences' Asthma and Airways Diseases Research Center, will seek a better understanding of mediators that help control lung inflammation and improved therapies to reduce severe attacks in those with asthma.....

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Parents of tragic Lydia MacDonald launch fight for asthma funding

The parents of a young Perth woman who died of a devastating asthma attack have called for extra government aid for research.
The call from Lydia MacDonald’s family comes as shock figures reveal the number of Scottish deaths related to the condition rose to the  highest level for more than a decade.
Lydia, 28, was in her flat with her toddler son Mason when she died in June, last year.....

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Treat Your Asthma With This Great Asthma Advice

Are you a part of millions of asthma sufferers that struggle with asthma? This article is filled with a number of great tips that will help you be better manage your asthma.
Do you know which type of asthma that you have? Being fully informed about the specific type of asthma condition can help you to effectively treat it on a daily basis. People who suffer from exercise-induced asthma will need to make sure that they have an emergency inhaler in their gym bag. Knowing symptom patterns will help you avoid big problems.....

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