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...obese people - a population that prior studies suggest suffers more often and more severely from the disease - researchers at the University of Ottawa discovered that doctors may be overdiagnosing asthma in all patients, regardless of weight, by some 30%. "We were bowled over by these results," says Dr. Shawn Aaron, the study's lead author and head of respiratory medicine at the University of Ottawa. (See TIME's A-Z Health Guide...
...examining how well patients fared when their asthma medications were tapered off or taken away, researchers confirmed the diagnosis in 346 patients, or 70%. But for 150 patients - who accounted for 31.8% of obese participants and 27.8% of their normal-weighted peers - their initial diagnosis was wrong. Indeed, says Aaron, many of these patients may have already suspected as much; about 25% of the patients in whom researchers excluded asthma had not been taking their daily asthma medication - a factor that Aaron concedes may have prompted some patients to enroll in the study. "They are recognizing that the medicines aren...
...schools, clinics and such basic services as mail delivery and garbage pick-up. Jerusalem's new pragmatic mayor Barkat made his huge fortune mastering the intricacies of cyberspace. He may find that virtual world a cinch compared to Jerusalem's seething complexities. - with reporting by Jamil Hamad and Aaron J. Klein/Jerusalem...
...With reporting by Jamil Hamad and Aaron J. Klein / Jerusalem...
...With reporting by Aaron J. Klein/Tel Aviv...