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br/> By Bronwyn Turner
Correspondent
Published September 20, 2008
GALVESTON Mold, contaminated soil, infections and respiratory ills may lie in wait for Ike survivors, University of Texas Medical Branch researchers say.
But slap mosquitoes aside strap on gloves, masks, and proper precautions and keep on working, they advise.
This is what makes Galvestonian Galvestonians, said Dr. Edward Brooks, associate professor of pediatrics and director of the UTMB Childrens Asthma Program. There is a tremendous resiliency ... a certain spirit that keeps people there and makes them persevere even through something as devastating as this.
Heres a round-up of advice from medical experts eyeing the aftermath of Hurricane Ike:
Contaminated soil: Organisms living in soil contaminated by bacteria and human waste can be transmitted hand to hand or hand to mouth and can lead to Hepatitis A, tetanus or other infections
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Monitoring exhaled nitric oxide does not help manage asthma
A new study shows that monitoring levels of exhaled nitric oxide in adolescents with asthma and adjusting treatment accordingly does not improve the course of their disease. /b>
The study was conducted by the Inner City Asthma Consortium (ICAC), which is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Sept. 20 issue of The Lancet reports the ICAC findings
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