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Common childhood virus packs an increasingly potent punch
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Five-year-old Kate Levschan and her 18-month-old brother, Jacob, have never sat on Santa's lap. Their mother, Marti Levschan, wants to keep it that way.
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UW-Madison researcher's 'smart' inhaler pinpoints where and when attacks occur
Jun 26, 2009 |
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By marrying GPS technology with asthma rescue inhalers, University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher David Van Sickle hopes to better understand the environmental triggers of asthma attacks and improve the way people with asthma ...
Study: How to save 100,000 lives a year
Aug 08, 2007 |
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A U.S. study suggests five preventive services could save more than 100,000 lives a year, including 45,000 by just taking a daily low-dose aspirin.
Relieve headaches by knowing the cause
Aug 28, 2009 |
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When it comes to fighting headaches, instant gratification is ideal. It's easy to pop a couple of pain pills and move on with your daily activities. But doctors say the most common remedy used by headache sufferers could ...
Asthmatic children still not breathing easier, study says
Mar 15, 2007 |
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Only 20 percent of children with persistent asthma have a level of control that is optimal, according to a survey-based study published today in the journal of Ambulatory Pediatrics.
Cholesterol-lowering drugs don't offset healthy choices, study finds
Aug 01, 2007 |
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Within the medical field, it is often assumed that patients view cholesterol-lowering medications (or statins) as a license to eat whatever they like -- they figure their medication has them covered, so a steak here and there ...
759,000 children with asthma endure gaps in insurance every year
Jan 16, 2008 |
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Every year, 759,000 children with asthma may be at risk of a major asthma attack while they have no health insurance. About 30 percent of those families earn more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, putting them ...
New no-needle approach to prevent blood clots
Aug 11, 2009 |
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The dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Public Health and a team of scientists worldwide have found a better way to prevent deadly blood clots after joint replacement surgery - a major problem that ...
Changing behavior helps patients take medication as prescribed
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Taking medication as the doctor prescribes is crucial to improving health. However, 26 to 59 percent of older adults do not adhere to instructions, according to a 2003 study published in Drugs and Aging. In ...
City kids with asthma lose out on preventive treatment
Dec 04, 2006 |
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A new study by specialists at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and elsewhere suggests that only one in five inner-city children with chronic asthma gets enough medicine to control dangerous flare-ups of the disease.
Optimized inhaler mouthpiece design allows for more effective drug delivery
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Researchers have developed an optimized mouthpiece design to aid efficient drug delivery to the lungs by reducing the amount of medication wasted as it passes through the mouthpiece of an aerosol inhaler. With current inhaler ...
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