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  • July 2008

    • Docs Link Ulcer Drop, Asthma Boom

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jul 15, 08 4:55 PM CDT

      Docs Link Ulcer Drop, Asthma Boom

      A lack of ulcers may be driving the increased incidence of childhood asthma, Reuters reports. In a study of children infected with the H. pylori bacteria, which causes ulcers, those who had the infection were 59% less likely to have asthma than those who didn't. H. pylori infection has been waning for decades, and the connection may explain spiking childhood asthma rates over the same period. More »

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      disease  • bacteria  • asthma  • hygiene  • childhood

    • Why Is 'Supermom' Getting the Bonds Treatment?

      newser  |  Kansas City Star  |  Jul 6, 08 7:29 AM CDT

      Why Is 'Supermom' Getting the Bonds Treatment?

      Some are calling five-time Olympic swimmer Dara Torres "Supermom," but Jason Whitlock of the Kansas City Star thinks that "Wonder Woman" might be more appropriate. Everyone's wondering how a 41-year-old new mother could come back from retirement and surgery to take first place at her fifth qualifiers. Blame the gathering cloud of skepticism on Brian McNamee. More »

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      steroids  • Roger Clemens  • Brian McNamee  • swimming  • asthma  • comeback  • Olympic trials  • Dara Torres

  • March 2008

    • FDA Probes Suicide Link to Asthma Drug

      newser  |  USA Today  |  Mar 28, 08 7:09 AM CDT

      FDA Probes Suicide Link to Asthma Drug

      The FDA has opened an investigation of anecdotal links between the popular asthma and allergy drug Singulair and suicidal thoughts. In the past year, manufacturer Merck has added warnings of several possible side effects of  the pill related to the nervous system, including anxiety, depression, tremors, and suicidal thinking. The FDA says its review of the drug, which had sales of more than $4.3 billion last year, may take up to nine months. More »

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      FDA  • suicide  • Merck  • asthma  • allergy  • Singulair

    • 9/11 Illnesses Haunt Journalists

      newser  |  Photo District News  |  Mar 12, 08 11:52 AM CDT

      9/11 Illnesses Haunt Journalists

      The helicopter ride through the burning World Trader Center's thick, chemical-laden smoke won Keith Meyers' 9/11 photos a share of the Pulitzer, but he says it cost him his health and career. "I could feel my skin tingling and burning," recalls the former New York Times photographer. Like Meyers, many journalists suffer illnesses matching those of Ground Zero workers, but their plight has drawn less attention—even in the media, reports Photo District News. More »

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      New York City  • cancer  • media  • September 11  • PTSD  • journalist  • World Trade Center  • Ground Zero  • asthma

    • Immune-System Ailments Now an 'Epidemic'

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Mar 4, 08 7:46 PM CST

      Immune-System Ailments Now an 'Epidemic'

      Allergies and immune-system ailments like asthma, lupus, and MS are on the rise—and scientists increasingly blame modern life, the Washington Post reports. Many point to sterile conditions in the US and Western Europe, but pollution, diet, and obesity may also play a role. "We have dramatically changed our lives in the last 50 years," one allergist said. More »

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      health  • epidemic  • immune system  • asthma  • multiple sclerosis  • food allergies

  • December 2007

    • Outbreak Hits World's Most Remote Island

      newser  |  BBC  |  Dec 5, 07 2:18 PM CST

      Outbreak Hits World's Most Remote Island

      A severe viral asthma is wreaking havoc on Tristan da Cunha, a volcanic island 1,700 miles off the coast of South Africa described as the world's most remote community, the BBC reports. Many of the island's 275 residents are having trouble breathing; medical supplies are dwindling in the South Atlantic community, which has no airstrip. More »

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      United Kingdom  • outbreak  • asthma

  • October 2007

    • Norman Mailer Back in Hospital

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Oct 17, 07 12:43 PM CDT

      Norman Mailer Back in Hospital

      Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Norman Mailer was hospitalized yesterday in New York for respiratory ailments; his ex-wife said surgery had succeeded in removing scar tissue after a lung collapse—but she worried that he’s “not in very good shape.” It's the second recent scare for the 84-year-old literary lion, hospitalized for asthma over Labor Day, the New York Post reports. More »

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      literature  • asthma  • Norman Mailer  • Pulitzer Prize

    • Cleaners May Trigger Asthma

      newser  |  BBC  |  Oct 14, 07 11:58 AM CDT

      Cleaners May Trigger Asthma

      Cleaning products with bleach and air fresheners may cause asthma, or aggravate symptoms, even if those products are used only once a week, according to new research. As many as 1 in 7 asthma cases may be caused by exposure to household cleaners, says a study in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. More »

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      asthma  • housework  • cleaning  • air freshener

    • Docs Skimp on Kids' Health Care: Study

      newser  |  Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Oct 11, 07 3:26 AM CDT

      Docs Skimp on Kids' Health Care: Study

      American children are not getting adequate preventive care during most visits to their pediatrician, a new study has found. Doctors skip basic screening tests, weight and measurement checks and some standard care for conditions such as asthma, according to the findings in the New England Journal of Medicine . Children in the study, nearly all of them insured, received only 41% of recommended preventive care. More »

  • September 2007
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