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Doctors Urge Asthma Patients to Switch Inhalers (Red Orbit )

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:07:04 GMT

As the FDA has inhalers switched over to the new, environment friendly HFA versions, doctors are urging patients to change over as soon as possible to gauge the effects of the new ingredient.

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Asthma attack hit robbery victim (The Star)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:39:54 GMT

One of the victims of First National Bank's R46-million robbery suffered an asthma attack during the brazen attack, the Johannesburg High Court has heard.

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Pretzel sandwich is a good alternative to PB& J (Deseret Morning News)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:26:20 GMT

Whether or not your child has food allergies, you're likely to encounter a no-peanut butter rule at some point. But getting a kid who is hooked on PB&J to take soy nut or sunflower seed butter seriously isn't always easy.

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Health Officials Debate Standards for Food Allergy Warnings (Thompson Ahern E-News)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:03:00 GMT

(CBC News – The Canadian Press/AP) Health officials in the U.S. and Canada are debating setting standards for food allergy warnings, amid increasing concern that consumers are so confused they’re starting to ignore the warnings. It’s one of the biggest frustrations of life with food allergies: That hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain the wrong ingredient. The warnings are...

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HIV treatment may provoke asthma in kids (Reuters UK)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:18:16 GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with a combination of anti-HIV drugs, known as highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), can improve the immune systems of infected patients, but new research indicates that in young children this effect may increase the risk of asthma.

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Aphex Twin - "Ventolin" (Whatever Happened 2 Bay B Kane?)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:39:00 GMT

Classic noise with beats. I think the high pitched noise is supposed to represent the effect of trying to breathe whilst you're having an asthma attack - like you'd only be able to manage a whistle of a breath..

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Mother wrongly arrested for manslaughter of her son after he dies of asthma attack (Daily Mail on Sunday)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:48:31 GMT

A grieving mother whose ten-year-old son had died from an asthma attack was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.

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Web-enabled system to help remote monitoring of asthma (Big News Network.com)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:00:28 GMT

Bangalore, Aug 26 (IANS) An inexpensive web-enabled device for monitoring lung function in asthma patients and other disorders is being developed by researchers and co-workers here.

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Golden Oldies - Thoughts on Presenting (FORTIFY YOUR OASIS)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:57:00 GMT

Reruns from the Dusty Archives No.3: It's not rocket science. Why do so many presenters 'lose' their audience? Part of the roof collapses – the audience may forgive you. All the technology in the room fails – the audience will forgive you. You have a full-blown asthma attack in the middle of your presentation – the audience will forgive you. But there are two things no audience will forgive you for...

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Electric Picnic asthma alert (The Irish Times)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:46:44 GMT

ASTHMA SUFFERERS attending the Electric Picnic music festival next weekend should be aware of the large number of triggers that may affect their asthma and allergies at the outdoor event.

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FDA to consider rules for food allergy warnings (CNN)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:24:20 GMT

It's one of the biggest frustrations of life with food allergies: That hodgepodge of warnings that a food might accidentally contain the wrong ingredient.

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Lindsay Lohan Is Smokin' on an Anti-Asthma Diet (Celebrifi)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:54:14 GMT

Even though she's having a tough go of breaking her smoking habit (a common problem faced by ladies in Hollywood), [celeb id=...

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Rare white blood cells employ novel methods to destroy bacteria in the gut (Mayo Clinic)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:03:53 GMT

Eosinophils, white blood cells generally linked with defense against parasites and allergies such as asthma, are earning renewed respect as a novel weapon the body uses to fight bacterial infection.

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Asthma Monitoring On The Web Being Created (The Post Chronicle)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:44:42 GMT

The device will allow physicians to monitor their patients remotely and quickly instigate medical attention in an emergency....

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Food Allergies and eating out (Our Story)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:18:00 GMT

One of my favorite food allergy bloggers, Allergic Girl has started a Worry Free Dinners group to help people with food allergies/intolerance's see that they can safely eat out. You can see a video of Allergic Girl (Sloane Miller) and the Worry Free Dinners - She is also hosting a Worry Free Dinner Event for Kids . I so wish I lived in NYC so I could attend. If you live in NYC and would like to go,...

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Gastric Reflux Linked to Asthma (Red Orbit )

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:54:51 GMT

People with gastric reflux may carry a higher risk for asthma.

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Web-Based Asthma Monitoring Enables Physicians To Monitor, Control Asthma Remotely (Medical,Health News and Articles)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:57:46 GMT

An inexpensive web-enabled device for measuring lung function in patients with asthma and other disorders is being developed by researchers at Texas Instruments, in Bangalore, India, and co-workers. Writing in the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, the team explains how the device could allow physicians to monitor their patients remotely and quickly instigate [...]

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Embarrassed to have Asthma? (Genealogy@Bellaonline.com)

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:15:34 GMT

Having asthma can create many emotional as well as physical difficulties. Find ways to cope with your asthma and help others understand as well!

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about my last flash 55 (round the writers block)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:14:00 GMT

when I wrote the touch it seemed like i was in the room watching, wanting to stop what was happening. That girl was a close female relative. She was in hospital having had a near fatal asthma attack and a group of people from the church decided to 'pray over her' She relates that she was ubable to move or cry out but that she remembers their hands all over her. These days there is a protocol in hospitals...

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no way - it couldn't be... could it? (damien is listening to...)

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:53:00 GMT

every time i breathe on a track i asthma attack it. wow. i think i'm still in shock. did i really just listen to a track combining the talents of hip hop's four megastars? 'Swagger Like Us', leaked late last night from T.I.'s upcoming album 'Paper Trail', features the self-proclaimed 'King of the South' as well as Jay-Z, Kanye West AND Lil' Wayne. crazy shit maaan! the concept is simple, really. create...

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