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Asthma inhaler 'failing children'
BBC health news - 6 October 2009 |
| More than one in ten children with asthma may be taking reliever inhalers that do nothing for them, UK researchers say. | |
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Eczema's link to asthma uncovered
BBC health news - 24 May 2009 |
| Scientists from the Washington University School of Medicine believe they have found what triggers many children with eczema to go on to develop asthma. | |
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Asthmatic children 'missing out'
BBC Wales news - 5 May 2009 |
| Teachers' pre-conceptions about asthma are causing children with the condition to "miss out", a report has revealed. | |
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Vitamin deficiency asthma 'link'
BBC health news - 16 April 2009 |
| A review of 40 studies carried out over the past 30 years by a Nottingham University-led team indicates that a low intake of vitamins A and C could raise the risk of asthma. | |
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Study finds stress link to asthma
BBC England news - 8 April 2009 |
| Pregnant women who suffer from stress are more likely to have a child with asthma, according to research from the Children of the 90s study carried out by the University of Bristol. | |
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Fresh hope for people with asthma
BBC England news - 6 March 2009 |
| Medical experts at the Glenfield hospital in Leicester have developed a new antibody therapy treatment that may help those with the severest form of asthma. | |
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Antibodies tackle severe asthma
BBC health news - 5 March 2009 |
| Two research studies in the UK and Canada, have found the treatment mepolizumab helped those patients with asthma exacerbated by a condition called eosinophilia. | |
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TV linked to asthma risk doubling
BBC health news - 3 March 2009 |
| A UK study has found that young children who spend more than two hours a day watching TV double their risk of developing asthma. | |
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London children in asthma study
BBC England news - 18 February 2009 |
| School children in east London are to be the subject of a new study into the effect of air pollution and lack of sunlight on asthma levels. | |
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Pollution link to asthma in womb
BBC health news - 15 February 2009 |
| Research by the University of Cincinnati suggests that traffic pollution causes genetic changes in the womb which increase a child's risk of developing asthma. | |
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Doubt over child steroid tactic
BBC health news - 22 January 2009 |
| A study of 700 children suggests that steroid tablets do not reduce the symptoms of virus-induced wheezing in pre-school children. |