Imperial, California (NAPSI) - Many Americans may be breathing easier once they learn how simple it can be to keep their homes cleaner and more comfortable. Airborne contaminants such as mold c...

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 KIDS deal with many challenges every day whether they are at school or at home. Though kids tend to be mainly positive in the face of adversity, dealing with an illness can be both tough and tr...

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A COMMON asthma drug may hold the key to addressing the nation's obesity epidemic. Researchers at Melbourne's Garvan Institute of Medical Research found the drug formoterol, used to treat asthma and ...

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Research shows attaching written action plan to prescription improves control It sounds unbelievably simple but it’s true – a written action plan for asthma treatment, attached to the drug prescripti...

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Did you in your wildest dream ever think that the onset of asthma is linked to eczema. Sounds surprising? It will, because both these medical conditions are poles apart. Eczema makes the skin inflamed...

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SOME 411 Australians died of asthma in 2009 – 131 males and 280 females and though this figure marked a decrease of 32 deaths compared with 2008 levels, sufferers are reminded to take their condition ...

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For more than one in ten Australians, the cold winter months, typified by increased bouts of colds and sniffles, bring on an additional challenge: asthma attacks triggered by viral infections. For mo...

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 An impaired ability to handle oxidative stress that arises from exposure to secondhand smoke and other environmental triggers may contribute to the development of asthma, according to results ob...

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 Vitamin D supplements may help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) get more from their pulmonary rehabilitation programs, according to a study conducted by researchers fro...

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Connections between childhood allergies and the development of allergic asthma in adults. A new University of Melbourne study has found that children who have the skin condition eczema, particularly ...

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