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Diana Nyad won't let her dream flounder
Los Angeles Times In the end, Nyad's dream was gobbled up by a sore shoulder, which led to the need for some medicine, which may have led to a lengthy asthma attack. The effort was expected to take 60 hours, and for about the first third of it, all went swimmingly. … |
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Summer Camp Campaign: asthma sufferer gets new perspective
Los Angeles Times Called Camp NoMoWheezin and operated by the California chapter of the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America, the facility is for children ages 8 to 14 with asthma. When Kailyn first visited, she was 11 and had been struggling with chronic asthma her … |
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Gov. Chris Christie: Are asthma and weight linked?
Los Angeles Times When his EKG, blood work and chest X-ray came back normal, doctors at the Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, NJ, diagnosed an asthma attack. The rising Republican star has spoken often about his struggles with his weight, even telling CNN talk show … New Jersey's Christie Being Treated in Hospital for Asthma Test results normal for hospitalized NJ gov. Gov.'s Office: Christie Suffered Asthma-Like Symptoms |
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Chris Christie: Does he have the look of a president?
Los Angeles Times New Jersey's governor, considered a rising star in the Republican Party, was hospitalized Thursday after having trouble breathing (he suffers from asthma), The Times reported. The story takes note of Christie's weight issues: The governor has … New Jersey's Christie Being Treated in Hospital for Asthma Test results normal for hospitalized NJ gov. Governor in Good Spirits After Asthma Episode |
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Asthma risk appears lower in breastfed babies
Los Angeles Times Now, new research affirms that warding off asthma symptoms still belongs on that list. Researchers in the Netherlands used questionnaires to assess the breastfeeding history and asthma symptoms in more than 5000 preschool children. … Childhood Asthma Risks Reduced by Breastfeeding Asthma Risk Lower In Breastfed Babies Asthma Risk Reduced by Breastfeeding |
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Asthma study reveals the power of the placebo effect
Los Angeles Times Researchers from Harvard Medical School and colleagues decided to test the placebo effect in asthma patients because it's easy to assess their physical improvement (as measured by lung function tests) in a short period of time. … Asthma Study Shows Placebo Can Help Symptoms Placebo Effect Powerful in Asthma Placebo relieves asthma symptoms as well as medication |
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Low-income communities around San Bernardino rail yard targeted for health study
Los Angeles Times Southern California air quality regulators are sponsoring an in-depth study to determine if the San Bernardino rail yard, a major inland hub of goods shipped across the US, has caused a rise in cancer and asthma in the neighboring low-income … |
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Your nose already knows: It's a bad allergy season
Los Angeles Times The combination of rain and wind in Chicago this spring may be a lose-lose situation for allergy sufferers, said Dr. Mark Jacobson, an asthma and allergy specialist in Hinsdale and past president of the Illinois Society of Allergy, Asthma and … |
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New Hope For Severe Asthma Sufferers
Los Angeles Times A surgical procedure that shrinks muscle tissue in the windpipe is offering hope for people with severe asthma. There has been frustratingly limited treatment for asthma, a chronic condition in which restricted airflow causes breathing problems. … |
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Asthma pills may work just as well as inhalers in the real world
Los Angeles Times Asthma pills appear to work just as well as inhaled steroids at relieving asthma symptoms in real-life settings, researchers have found, apparently because people prefer swallowing a pill to sticking something up their … Asthma pills as good as inhaler: study Study: Pills as Effective as Inhalers for Asthma Asthma Pills Just As Good As Inhalers |
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