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ATS: SB010 Cuts Early, Late Response in Allergic Asthma

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Significant attenuation in early and late responses after allergen provocation
Pollen-derived adenosine is an important element in ragweed pollen-induced allergic airway inflammation

Pollen-Derived Adenosine Key in Ragweed-Induced Allergy

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Adenosine found to aggravate ragweed-induced allergic lung inflammation
Federal action to protect the ozone layer has resulted in a dramatic increase in the cost of asthma inhalers in recent years

Chlorofluorocarbon Ban Tied to Sharp Rise in Inhaler Cost

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Price of albuterol medication nearly doubled
Direct-to-consumer advertising of asthma medications is associated with increased emergency department utilization among commercially insured patients

Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Asthma Meds Ups ER Use

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Advertising linked to increase in pharmacy sales; emergency room visits for commercially insured
Researchers say they've identified a gene that affects whether children with asthma respond to corticosteroids. The study was published online April 21 in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

VNN1 Gene Potentially Useful Biomarker in Childhood Asthma

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Linked to efficacy of corticosteroids
Children with poor metabolizer phenotype based on CYP2C19 have worse asthma control after six months of lansoprazole treatment

Lansoprazole Worsens Asthma Control in Poor Metabolizers

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After six months of treatment, worse control in children with poor CYP2C19 metabolizer phenotype
Among people with asthma

NSAID-Exacerbated Respiratory Disease Prevalent With Asthma

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Prevalence about 9 percent; NERD linked to significant increases in asthma morbidity
Certain air pollutants may boost the potency of a birch tree pollen that plays a big role in seasonal allergies

ACS: Air Pollution Can Up Potency of Birch Tree Pollen

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Pollutants plus climate change linked to increase in prevalence of allergies worldwide
Bariatric surgery cuts the risk of an emergency department visit or hospitalization for asthma exacerbation in obese patients by half

Bariatric Surgery May Help Reduce Asthma Exacerbations

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Obese asthma patients had half as many ER visits, hospitalizations after surgery
A child may face an increased risk of asthma if the child's mother or father experienced depression during the pregnancy or if the mother took an older antidepressant to treat her condition

Paternal, Maternal Depression May Up Asthma Risk for Baby

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And older, but not newer, antidepressants in pregnancy showed similar increased odds