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April 6, 2012

Family Prepares Lawsuit Against Policeman Who Allegedly Let Girl Die In Asthma … – NY1

Family Prepares Lawsuit Against Policeman Who Allegedly Let Girl Die In Asthma …
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A Brooklyn family of an 11-year-old girl who died in a 2010 asthma attack rallied by the borough's State Supreme Court on Thursday to demand that the police officer who allegedly refused to help the dying girl be fired. NY1's Criminal Justice reporter …
Family sues city after daughter's asthma death7Online.com
Parents Of Briana Ojeda Call For NYPD Action Nearly 2 Years After Daughter's …CBS Local

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April 5, 2012

Family sues city after daughter’s asthma death – 7Online.com

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Family sues city after daughter's asthma death
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NEW YORK (WABC) — It was an emotional day in court for the family of a little girl who died from an asthma attack. They're suing after an NYPD officer didn't help them on the way to the hospital. The family of Briana Ojeda went to court Thursday …
Parents Of Briana Ojeda Call For NYPD Action Nearly 2 Years After Daughter's …CBS Local

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March 28, 2012

Nonrespiratory Symptoms Precede Loss of Asthma Control – Family Practice News Digital Network

Nonrespiratory Symptoms Precede Loss of Asthma Control
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ORLANDO – Parents were able to identify patterns of nonrespiratory symptoms in their children that preceded loss of asthma control, a small study showed. The findings, if replicated, suggest that parents could recognize these early patterns and …

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March 26, 2012

Traffic Proximity Linked to Adult Asthma – Family Practice News Digital Network

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Traffic Proximity Linked to Adult Asthma
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ORLANDO – High levels of traffic-exhaust exposure at home were linked with an increased risk for asthma or worsening asthma in adults, according to results from two separate, US studies reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, …
Allergy week: Don't forget your meds!YLE News
Free asthma screeningsAAP News (subscription)

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March 22, 2012

Food Allergy Exacerbates Pediatric Asthma Severity – Family Practice News Digital Network

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Food Allergy Exacerbates Pediatric Asthma Severity
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ORLANDO – School children with asthma who also have a food allergy have a significantly increased need for controller drugs and hospitalization, compared with similar asthmatic children without a food allergy, based on data collected from 302 US …
'Skyrocketing' pollen makes San Antonio 9th worst city for allergy sufferersKENS 5 TV
Charlotte area sees record-high pollen countsWSOC Charlotte
Salt therapy for allergy sufferersWDTN
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March 18, 2012

Asthma ride turns into family fun – The West Australian

Asthma ride turns into family fun
The West Australian
Hundreds of cyclists took part in the RAC Freeway Bike Hike for Asthma event yesterday, some riding 70km from Mandurah to Perth. More than $100000 was raised for the Asthma Foundation WA. Riders chose from a range of courses, which all finished at …

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March 15, 2012

Multispecialty Team a Lifeline in Severe Asthma – Family Practice News Digital Network

Multispecialty Team a Lifeline in Severe Asthma
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ORLANDO – A chart notation of "lost to follow-up" can mean loss of life for children with severe asthma, suggest the results of a retrospective study reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.

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March 6, 2012

Asthma Guidelines Are Not Always Followed – Family Practice News Digital Network

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Asthma Guidelines Are Not Always Followed
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ORLANDO – The 2007 National Asthma Education and Prevention Program guidelines are viewed as cumbersome and too time-consuming by some primary care pediatricians. That finding, from a 23-question survey sent to 80 pediatricians, suggests that "there is …

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March 5, 2012

Farm Living Linked to Low Asthma Prevalence – Family Practice News Digital Network

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Farm Living Linked to Low Asthma Prevalence
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ORLANDO – Amish farms appear to be havens of peace and contentment, free from the insults of modern life – including, it appears, inhalant allergies and asthma, researchers reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, …
Amish children exhibited lower incidence of asthma, allergic sensitizationPediatric SuperSite

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February 23, 2012

Adult Phenotypes No Help in Severe Pediatric Asthma – Family Practice News Digital Network

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Adult Phenotypes No Help in Severe Pediatric Asthma
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Adult asthma phenotypes offer little guidance in the identification and management of severe, therapy-resistant asthma in children. Recent efforts to replicate the findings in severe pediatric asthma, however, met with disappointing results, …

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