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Study: Asthma More Common In Pittsburgh Children Than National Average – CBS Local


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Study: Asthma More Common In Pittsburgh Children Than National Average
CBS Local
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — How common is asthma among area school children? Higher than the national average. That's what a new study says, led by asthma specialists at Allegheny General Hospital. “That's very concerning,” says lead investigator Dr.
Poor Air Quality Linked To High Asthma Rate In Pittsburgh Children90.5 WESA
Allegheny Health Network Physicians Announce Results of Study on Asthma in Pittsburgh-area Schoolchildren; Report …Press Release Rocket

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Asthma Rates Among Latino Children Above National Average, Double in Some … – Latin Post


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Asthma Rates Among Latino Children Above National Average, Double in Some …
Latin Post
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the adult U.S. Latino population has lower rates of asthma than the general population (7.3 percent compared to 8.4 percent), but Latino children have higher than average rates for asthma …

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Doctor: Pittsburgh’s asthma rates exceed national average – Pittsburgh Business Times (blog)

Doctor: Pittsburgh's asthma rates exceed national average
Pittsburgh Business Times (blog)
Pittsburgh's asthma rate exceeds national levels, according to Dr. Deborah Gentile, director of research, allergy, asthma and immunology at Allegheny Health Network. Pittsburgh's asthma rate ranges between 12 percent and 13 percent, which exceeds the …

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Chain to cut drug prices by average of 25% – Irish Times

Chain to cut drug prices by average of 25%
Irish Times
This will save people on medications for conditions including asthma and heart disease up to €300 a year. The savings are the result of a dramatic overhaul of the Boots Ireland pricing model. It has abandoned the traditional 50 per cent mark-up that …
Cost of prescription medicines to fallRTE.ie
Boots to cut medicine prices from FridayThe Sunday Business Post
Boots to cut cost of prescription medicines for customers in Irelandthejournal.ie

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Not your average gown: Hospitalized Kean graduate cheers achievement during … – The Star-Ledger – NJ.com


The Star-Ledger – NJ.com

Not your average gown: Hospitalized Kean graduate cheers achievement during …
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
Juana Gilliam was supposed to graduate Thursday from Kean University, but she's too sick with asthma to make it and is staying at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in Rahway. RAHWAY — On Tuesday morning, Juana Gilliam sat in her hospital bed in her …

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Closer Look: Average adult on Medicaid fills 23 prescriptions a year; drugs … – Chicago Tribune

Closer Look: Average adult on Medicaid fills 23 prescriptions a year; drugs …
Chicago Tribune
Medicaid covers drugs for a wide variety of illnesses, from asthma to schizophrenia, for the poor and disabled.Legislators are looking at other states for ideas. Tennessee, for example, limits adults to five prescriptions each month.

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