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51. Electromagnetic Fields Linked to Asthma in Kids
    
    Aug. 1, 2011 -- Researchers seeking to explain the rising number of asthma cases in children have fingered a new suspect: electromagnetic fields (EMFs), energy that can’t been seen or felt that is generated by household appliances, electronic devices, cars, and power lines. In a study, they found th
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52. New Asthma Genes Found in Africans, Japanese
    
    Aug. 1, 2011 -- Four newly identified genetic mutations may raise the risk of asthma in different ethnic groups, according to two new studies. In the first study, researchers found that changes in the gene PYHIN1 increased the risk of asthma in people of African ancestry. In the second study, three
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53. Asthma Study Shows Placebo Can Help Symptoms
    
    July 13, 2011 -- Caring may count as much as medicine when it comes to making a sick person feel better -- even when that person really needs the medicine, a new study suggests. The placebo effect is a well-known phenomenon in which people get better when given a fake (placebo) treatment. It sometim
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54. Asthma Drug May Be Fat-Burner Pill
    
    June 6, 2011 -- A medicine used to treat asthma may also be a fat-burning drug, new research suggests. When taken in pill form, the drug known as formoterol boosted fat burning while preserving protein metabolism, thus maintaining muscle mass, says researcher Paul Lee, MD, PhD, of the Garvan Institu
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55. Study: Pills as Effective as Inhalers for Asthma
    
    May 4, 2011 -- The drugs Singulair and Accolate proved to be just as effective as steroid inhalers for the prevention of asthma symptoms with better patient compliance in two new studies published in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine. Both drugs are leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRAs)
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56. Asthma Rates on the Rise in U.S.
    
    May 3, 2011 -- The number of people with asthma has been rising in recent years, but CDC researchers say in a new report that they aren’t sure why. The CDC says that the number of people diagnosed with asthma grew by 4.3 million between 2001 and 2009, when one in 12 Americans were told they had the
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57. Acetaminophen in Pregnancy: Link to Baby's Asthma?
    
    March 30, 2011 -- Pregnant women who take the popular painkiller acetaminophen (Acephen, Actamin, Feverall, Tylenol, and Uniserts) may be boosting their baby's risk of asthma, according to a new report. But the findings should not be cause for alarm, says study researcher Richard Beasley, MD, profes
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58. Asthma May Raise Risk of Diabetes, Heart Disease
    
    March 21, 2011 -- Asthma may increase your risk of developing diabetes and heart disease, shows new research presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology in San Francisco. The common denominator between these conditions appears to be inflammation, according
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59. Xolair Relieves Kids' Seasonal Asthma Attacks: Study
    
    March 16, 2011 -- The asthma drug Xolair (omalizumab) improves asthma control, nearly eliminates seasonal flare-ups, and allows reductions in the doses of other asthma control medications in children as young as 6, according to a new study. Xolair is approved by the FDA for use only in people 12 and
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60. Bacteria on Farms May Protect Against Asthma
    
    Feb. 23, 2011 -- New research lends support to the idea that exposure to a wide range of microbes explains why farm kids have lower asthma rates than city kids. School-aged children in the studies who lived on farms were about 30% to 50% less likely to have asthma than non-farm children who lived ne
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