Asthma
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Guidelines: SABAs, not LABAs, for exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
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Immunotherapy for kids' food allergies is taking baby steps
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Data underscore environment's role in allergic disease
Major finding: After 10 years or more of United States residence, children born outside of the United States had significantly higher odds of...
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NHANES follow-up characterizes asthma/allergy patient mortality
Major finding: The long-term risk of death was significantly increased among NHANES 1 subjects with asthma who were aged 40-75 at baseline (hazard...
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Budesonide Reduces Adult Height in Kids With Asthma
Major Finding: Adults who took 400 mcg of budesonide daily as children were more than 1 cm shorter than those who took nedocromil or placebo.Data...
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Therapy-Resistant Asthma May Be Neither
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Stopping LABA Therapy May Worsen Controlled Asthma
Major Finding: Compared with combination long-acting beta-agonist and inhaled corticosteroid therapy for controlled refractory asthma, LABA step-...
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FDA Approves Generic Versions of Singulair
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Lone Star Tick Spreading Vegetarianism
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Stale Secondhand Smoke Impairs Endothelial Function
Major Finding: Endothelial function was impaired in a dose-dependent fashion after brief exposure to aged secondhand smoke, so that for every 100...
Conference Coverage
Airborne Pollens and Asthma-Related ED Visits Coincide
Major Finding: A regression analysis of excess vs. average daily asthma ED visits to two hospitals revealed that the largest excess number of...