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UA Asthma & Airway Disease Center, Arizona Asthma Coalition Get $400,000 to Support School Stock Inhaler Program


Fernando D. Martinez, MD, director of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, joined the research team only a few years later, and researchers are still following more than 700 of those babies, who are now adul


Monsoon storms are sending more people to urgent care, here’s why

“With the rain, you are going to have more mold in the environment. Some of the trees are going to pollinate. The trees and plants are going to grow more and so for people with allergies to mold or to plants they can notice some of that increased exposure causing increased symptoms,” said Dr. Tara Carr, of the University of Arizona Health Sciences Asthma & Airway Disease Research Center.


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Carr TF, Stern DA, Morgan W, Guerra S, Martinez FD. "Elevated Childhood Insulin-related Asthma Is a Risk Factor for Reduced Lung Function." Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023;207(6):790-792. PMCID: PMC10037476  PMID: 36521027

Guerra S, Ledford JG, Melén E, et al. "Creatine Kinase Is Decreased in Childhood Asthma." Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2023;207(5):544-552. PMCID: PMC10870915  PMID: 35876143

DeVries A, McCauley K, Fadrosh D, et al. "Maternal prenatal immunity, neonatal trained immunity, and early airway microbiota shape childhood asthma development." Allergy. 2022;77(12):3617-3628. PMCID: PMC9712226  PMID: 35841380
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