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New trial set to help people with house-dust mite allergies

Scientists working on developing a way to rid people of their allergy to house-dust mites are recruiting volunteers to take part in a new clinical trial....
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Mobile Clinics, Home Visits of Little Benefit to Children With Asthma Who Need Care the Most

A new Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of Baltimore City children with asthma shows that two programs designed to improve disease outcomes among those who may be affected the worst fall short of expectations. ...
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UIC Researchers Test Effects of Vitamin D on Asthma Severity

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are recruiting volunteers with asthma for a study of whether taking vitamin D can make asthma medication more effective. ...
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Increased risk of blood clots on the lung for patients with autoimmune diseases

In a nationwide study based on data from the in-patient register, researchers have studied the risk of a blood clot on the lung for patients with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and type 1 diabetes. ...
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COPD awareness continues to rise, new NIH survey finds

Yet many at risk do not talk to their doctor about symptoms...
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Researchers Trying to Understand How Biofeedback Helps Asthma Patients

National Jewish Health researchers are delving into the biology of biofeedback to understand how it helps asthma patients and what role it could play in reducing medication use for the chronic lung disease. ...
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Emory University Hospital First in Southeast to Offer Bronchial Thermoplasty for Severe Asthma Sufferers

ATLANTA - Approximately 22 million Americans currently suffer from asthma, with 10-15 percent of that population – or over 3 million individuals - experiencing severe persistent asthma, which is difficult to control with even combined usage of prescribed medication and inhalers....
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Marshall University study shows nanoparticles being used as additives in diesel fuels can travel from lungs to liver, causing damage

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Recent studies conducted at Marshall University have demonstrated that nanoparticles of cerium oxide—common diesel fuel additives used to increase the fuel efficiency of automobile engines—can travel from the lungs to the liver and that this process is associated with liver damage....
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Childhood respiratory illness associated with air pollution, study finds

Study raises concern that current clean-air standards may be inadequate to protect early childhood health...
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