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Achieving asthma control in preschoolers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Asthma is the commonest chronic disease in children and a major reason for admissions to hospital, yet inadequate asthma control is present in 26% to 45% of children, states a review in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...


Exposure to both traffic, indoor pollutants puts some kids at higher risk for asthma later

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research presents strong evidence that the "synergistic" effect of early-life exposure to both outdoor traffic-related pollution and indoor endotoxin causes more harm to developing lungs than one or the other exposure ...


Against expectations, genetic variation does not alter asthma treatment response

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies have suggested that asthma patients with a specific genetic variation might not respond as well to certain treatments as those with a different variation. But a new study in this week's edition of ...


Exposures to metals and diesel emissions in air linked to respiratory symptoms in children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exposure shortly after birth to ambient metals from residential heating oil combustion and particles from diesel emissions are associated with respiratory symptoms in young inner city children, according to a new study by ...


Genome-wide association studies in developing countries raise important new ethical issues

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Typically conducted in richer, developed countries but now increasingly done in the developing world, genome wide association (GWA) studies raise a host of ethical issues that must be addressed, argues a Policy Forum article ...


Scientists discover cells that control inflammation in chronic disease

Scientists discover cells that control inflammation in chronic disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of immune cell that can be out of control in certain chronic inflammatory diseases, worsening the symptoms of conditions like psoriasis and asthma, is described for the first time ...


Does carbon labelling give developing countries a bad deal?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Carbon labelling could unfairly disadvantage economies in the developing world, and mislead consumers, according to an interdisciplinary project carried out by the UK Research Councils' Rural Economy and Land Use Programme. ...


Researchers track down protein responsible for chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A protein known to stimulate blood vessel growth has now been found to be responsible for the cell overgrowth in the development of polyps that characterize one of the most severe forms of sinusitis, a study by Johns Hopkins ...


Teriparatide outperforms alendronate in treating steroid-induced osteoporosis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study determined glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (OP) is now treatable with Teriparatide, a synthetic form of the human parathyroid hormone. Researchers found patients with glucocorticoid-induced OP who were ...


Common plastics chemicals linked to ADHD symptoms

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Phthalates are important components of many consumer products, including toys, cleaning materials, plastics, and personal care items. Studies to date on phthalates have been inconsistent, with some linking exposure to these ...



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