Testosterone explains why women more prone to asthma

An international research team has revealed for the first time that testosterone protects males against developing asthma, helping to explain why females are two times more likely to develop asthma than males after puberty. The study showed that testosterone suppresses the production of a type of immune cell that triggers allergic asthma. The finding may lead to new, more targeted asthma treatments.....

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Living with asthma and allergies

Linda Salas, chairperson for the Guam Asthma and Allergy Support Program, has been busy trying to get a proclamation signed by government officials to recognize May as Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month on Guam.
“Many people are aware of cancer and autism, but they don’t know about how devastating to someone’s life asthma can be,” Salas says. Allergic reactions and asthma are a body’s hyperactive response to some outside factor.....

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Family’s heartache as schoolgirl, 10, dies from asthma attack despite frantic efforts by paramedics to save her
Annalise has been remembered as a 'princess' by heartbroken family and friends

A MOTHER has paid tribute to her “angel” daughter after the 10-year-old girl died suddenly from an asthma attack.
Annalise Dawson, who would have turned 11 in September, died despite paramedics’ best attempts to save her life.
In a tribute posted to her Facebook page, devastated mum Kelly Watson wrote: “Heartbroken. The Angels took my Annalise way too soon. I love you so much my princess.....

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