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Studies Probe Links Between Childhood Asthma and Obesity

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Studies Probe Links Between Childhood Asthma and Obesity

Hampton, Tracy
JAMA , Volume 311 (17) – May 7, 2014
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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2014 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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10.1001/jama.2014.4333
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24788901
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News & Analysis Medical News & Perspectives ......p1718 Lab Reports ...................................p1722 News From the CDC ......................p1723 Studies Probe Links Between Childhood Asthma Long-Acting HIV Drug May Be Effective Varicella Vaccination Rate Improves and Obesity as a Prophylactic Agent Drought’s Influence on Typhus Cancer Care Shows Signs of Strain Misplaced Protein May Be Drug Target as Patients Live Longer for Kidney Cancer Stroke Risk May Be Increased Bank Vole a Novel Model of Prion Transmission After Shingles Episodes Gene-Editing System Reverses Rare Liver Disorder news@JAMA: From JAMA’s Daily News Site in Mice Medical News & Perspectives Tracy Hampton, PhD or decades, investigators have been emergency department or getting hospital- documenting associations between ized,” said Rastogi. They also are less respon- F obesity and asthma in adults, al- sive to currently available asthma medica- though the underlying mechanisms in- tionscomparedwithnormal-weightchildren volved have remained largely unknown. On- with asthma, he said. going work is revealing a link in children as Rastogi’s work has shown that even well and is providing new insights into the small amounts of excess weight may ad- potential basis of the association. versely affect lung function in Hispanic and “Thereappeartobecausativelinksfrom African-American children, who have a the perspective of

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Published: May 7, 2014

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