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Ginger May Have New Role in Asthma Control

Researchers at Columbia University in New York have demonstrated for the first time that

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Asthma Impacts Kids’ Sleep, Grades

A new study has confirmed that asthma symptoms can have a highly detrimental effect

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Asthma Capitals 2013: Virginia Takes the Top ‘Honor’

Richmond, Virginia has been selected as 2013’s most challenging place to live with asthma. Did your city make the list?

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When School is an Asthma Danger Zone

Schools close to highways are setting off asthma attacks in kids. Inside an important new urban planning issue.

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Alcohol Reactions with Asthma linked to Aspirin

Three-quarters of patients with asthma and sensitivity to Aspirin are getting asthma flare-ups from alcohol.

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Asthma Gene Change Linked to Air Pollution

Air pollution may be causing a DNA change that worsens – or even causes – asthma.

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BPA Exposure Linked to Asthma Risk in Kids

Researchers have found an association between exposure to BPA and an elevated risk for asthma in young children.

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New Cat Allergy Vaccine Set for Its Big Test

If successful, a new form of immunotherapy will rid a patient of cat allergy in just 4 shots.

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Urine Test Predicts Asthma in Kids

A researcher with the AllerGen research network in Canada is hoping a urine test he’s developing will turn the grey area of diagnosing asthma into simple black and white. Asthma can be tricky for a doctor to diagnose, especially in young kids. Symptoms can mimic other diseases and spirometry, the breathing test to diagnose asthma, [...]

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Novel Dust Mite Vaccine on Its Way

If you’re one of the 20 million Americans with an allergy to house dust mites, then you probably know that relief can sometimes be found with allergy shots, also known as immunotherapy. But signing up for years of weekly needles isn’t for everyone. So many of us continue to simply treat the symptoms – the [...]

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