0 Pathway uncovered linking heartburn, esophageal cancer

More than 60 million adults in the US have acid reflux, or heartburn, and approximately 10 percent are at risk for developing esophageal cancer, due in part to complications from Barrett's esophagus. But researchers have discovered a pathway they believe links Barrett's esophagus to the development of esophageal cancer. Their data suggest that blocking this pathway, such as with a proton pump inhibitor (e.g., omeprazole), may prevent the development of esophageal cancer.

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0 The pathway to asthma winds through toll-like receptor 4

A molecule called toll-like receptor 4 plays a key role in prompting the innate or immediate response that drives allergic disease and asthma.

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0 Menopausal women at greater risk for asthma hospitalization

Asthma is a disease that mostly affects young boys and adult women. According to a new study, women in their 40s and 50s with asthma are hospitalized more than twice as often as men in the same age group.

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0 Vacuum dust: A previously unknown disease vector

The aerosolized dust created by vacuums contain bacteria and mold that "could lead to adverse effects in allergic people, infants, and people with compromised immunity," according to researchers.

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0 Scientists discover new mechanism regulating the immune response

Scientists in Finland have discovered a new mechanism regulating the immune response that can leave a person susceptible to autoimmune diseases.

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0 Inhaled corticosteroids raise pneumonia risk

Use of inhaled corticosteroids leads to twofold risk of repeat pneumonia among older populations, according to results of a new study.

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0 Pediatric readmission rates aren't indicator of hospital performance, study shows

Readmission rates of adult patients to the same hospital within 30 days are an area of national focus and a potential indicator of clinical failure and unnecessary expenditures. However, a new study shows that hospital readmissions rates for children are not necessarily meaningful measures of the quality of their care.

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