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ATS Home Damage During 9/11 Linked to Respiratory Disease Federal researchers have found that residents in lower Manhattan who sustained home damage during the 9/11 attack have an increased risk for persistent respiratory symptoms.
Medscape Medical News, June 1, 2012
ESPID IL-10 Allele Appears to Offer Protection From Asthma Infants who carry a G nucleotide at position 1082 in the IL-10 gene are significantly less likely to develop asthma after acute bronchiolitis than noncarriers.
Medscape Medical News, May 31, 2012

US Asthma Rates at Record High, CDC Says
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2012
Prenatal Smoking Tied to Worse Asthma in Kids
Reuters Health Information, May 14, 2012
Budesonide/formoterol Inhaler Safe in Black Asthmatics
Reuters Health Information, May 7, 2012
Amish Farm Kids Remarkably Immune to Allergies-Study
Reuters Health Information, May 7, 2012

Asthma Perspectives

GERD and Asthma in Kids: Any Connection? This F1000 commentary reports on a study whose findings do not support any causal role for gastroesophageal reflux disorder in children with uncontrolled asthma.
Faculty of 1000, May 25, 2012
Acetaminophen and Asthma: A Bad Marriage A new review clarifies recent reports linking acetaminophen and asthma symptoms. How should practice change in light of these data?
Medscape Family Medicine, May 2, 2012

Emergency Department Visits for Asthma in Children
Medscape Pediatrics, April 19, 2012
Acetaminophen and Asthma
CDC Expert Commentary, March 26, 2012
Asthma Plus Numbness and Joint Pain: Don't Miss This Diagnosis
Medscape Rheumatology, March 7, 2012
The Prescription for Wintertime Asthma Control
CDC Expert Commentary, February 13, 2012

Asthma Journal Articles

Prenatal Exposure to PPIs and the Risk of Childhood Asthma
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, May 24, 2012
Genetic Basis for Personalized Medicine in Asthma
Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, May 21, 2012
Glucocorticoid Receptor B Expression in Severe Asthma
Thorax, May 17, 2012
Clinical and Pharmacoeconomic Aspects of Omalizumab
Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, May 14, 2012
Asthma Defies 'One Size Fits All' Diagnosis
Journal Watch, May 14, 2012

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