Katie Hopkins mocks Sir Bradley Wiggins’ asthma as he joins The Jump
Hopkins made a sarcastic reference to the controversy around medication the cyclist took

Katie Hopkins has made a dig at Sir Bradley Wiggins’ asthma in the wake of the news that he has joined The Jump.
The controversial columnist made a sarcastic reference to the controversy around medication the legendary cyclist took when competing as she questioned his ability to take part on the winter sports show.
It was revealed earlier this year that the five-time Olympic champion received three therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) from the UCI, cycling's world governing body, to take triamcinolone, an anti-inflammatory drug, on the eve of the 2011 and 2012 Tour de France, and the Giro ‘d’Italia in 2013.....

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Philly study finds house calls could help asthma patients living in poverty

Tyra Bryant-Stephens, a doctor who is medical director of the Community Asthma Prevention Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, thinks doctors and researchers need to think more about an often unseen factor in patients' asthma: their housing.
When doctors see poor patients in clinics, she said, they may not have time to ask about their living conditions.  Even if they did, patients might be too embarrassed to tell them.
If they went to patients' homes, as community health workers in Bryant-Stephens' program have been doing for 18 years,  they might find them full of possible asthma triggers. They also might learn about the stresses that make it hard for their patients to take their medicines properly.....

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Diabetes, cardiac disorders and asthma as risk factors for severe organ involvement among adult dengue patients: A matched case-control study

Abstract
Progression to severe organ involvement due to dengue infection has been associated with severe dengue disease, intensive care treatment, and mortality. However, there is a lack of understanding of the impact of pre-existing comorbidities and other risk factors of severe organ involvement among dengue adults. The aim of this retrospective case-control study is to characterize and identify risk factors that predispose dengue adults at risk of progression with severe organ involvement. This study involved 174 dengue patients who had progressed with severe organ involvement and 865 dengue patients without severe organ involvement, matched by the year of presentation of the cases, who were admitted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital between year 2005 and 2008.

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