Women with rheumatoid arthritis are at significantly higher risk of all-cause mortality, particularly respiratory causes, compared to women without the disease, according to new research findings. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease that causes pain, stiffness,...
Peer trainers who coach parents over the phone on managing their children’s asthma can sharply reduce the number of days the kids experience symptoms, a new study shows. The program also dramatically decreased ER visits and hospitalizations among low-income...
Nonsmokers sitting in an automobile with a smoker for one hour had markers of significantly increased levels of carcinogens and other toxins in their urine, indicating that secondhand smoke in motor vehicles poses a potentially major health risk according to a...
Asthma caused or worsened by living near major roadways cost Los Angeles County more than $441 million in 2007 alone, according to a new peer-reviewed article. Because 32 percent of children in L.A. County are covered by public health insurance, an equivalent...
A new method of developing vaccines could point the way forward in the fight against infectious diseases for which traditional vaccination has failed, according to a new study. The method involves training white blood cells that have not previously been the primary...
As many as 50 percent of older adults with obstructive airway disease have overlapping characteristics of asthma and COPD. And this percentage increases as people get older.
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