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Daily Mail |
How children like Tamara are dying because doctors don't take asthma seriously
Daily Mail Dawn Wilson comes quickly to tears as she recalls overhearing A&E staff agreeing the time of death for her daughter. Tamara, just 13, had died after an asthma attack. 'I stood outside the cubicle and could hear them working to save her, but when the … |
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Daily Mail |
How children like Tamara are dying because doctors don't take asthma seriously enough
Daily Mail Dawn Wilson comes quickly to tears as she recalls overhearing A&E staff agreeing the time of death for her daughter. Tamara, just 13, had died after an asthma attack. 'I stood outside the cubicle and could hear them working to save her, but when the … |
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KU Today |
If you don't have asthma, maybe it's because Mom experienced a sunny second trimester, health economist finds
KU Today LAWRENCE — The best way to reduce a child's chances of developing asthma might be making sure Mom had enough vitamin D during the second trimester, a new study from the University of Kansas shows. The most cost-effective way to get Mom more … |
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Medical Xpress |
If you don't have asthma, maybe it's because Mom experienced a sunny second trimester, health economist finds
Medical Xpress "Our health system spends billions and billions treating asthma, and there's lots and lots of opportunity costs," said David Slusky, assistant professor of economics. "Pain and suffering, loss of productivity and premature death—asthma has all of those.". |
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The Independent |
Asthma deaths: patients 'dying needlessly' because of poor care, report warns
The Independent The authors are now calling for an end to “complacency” around asthma care, after the report identified “major avoidable factors” in two thirds of asthma deaths, indicating more deaths could be preventable if these factors are addressed. In 2012, 1,242 … Asthma killing people needlessly, says Royal College of Physicians Asthma sufferers in the UK are 'dying needlessly each year because of poor … 800 asthma patients a year die needlessly: Half were given the wrong medication |
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The Independent |
Asthma patients 'dying needlessly' because of poor care, warns report
The Independent The report found that 45 per cent of those people who died following an asthma failed to call for help or obtain help during their attack and the vast majority of children died even before they reached hospital. Dr Levy said: “It might be that in these … Hundreds of asthma deaths could be prevented People dying needlessly from asthma, says Royal College of Physicians Asthma sufferers in the UK are 'dying needlessly each year because of poor … |
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Opposing Views |
Ryan Gibbons, 12, Died Because School Took His Asthma Inhaler, Now Mom …
Opposing Views Ryan Gibbons was only 12 years old when he died from a severe asthma attack during recess at school. He would have simply reached for the prescription inhaler that he always carried with him, but his school took it away and locked away in the principal … |
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Daily Mail |
Girl, 12, dies of an asthma attack because there was no school nurse due to …
Daily Mail Laporshia Massey, 12, died of an asthma attack on Sept.25 after staff members at Bryant Elementary School in Cobbs Creek, PA didn't provide immediate rescue. The school only has a nurse on staff two days a week. This is due to Philadelphia budget cuts … Sixth-grader dies from asthma complications, no school nurse on duty Sixth-grader's death adds to fears over Philly layoffs of school nurses Girl's Death Allegedly Linked To Cash-Strapped School District |
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UPI.com (blog) |
Sixth-grader dies from asthma complications because no school nurse on duty
UPI.com (blog) An asthma inhaler. (Credit/ParentingPatch/Wiki Commons). The father of sixth-grader Laporshia Massey says that she died from asthma complications that went untreated while she was at Bryant Elementary School in Philadelphia on the afternoon of Sept. Girl, 12, Dies From Asthma Attack, School Didn't Call 911 or Take Her to ER Sixth-grader's death adds to fears over Philly layoffs of school nurses Girl's Death Allegedly Linked To Cash-Strapped School District |
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 Telegraph.co.uk |
Asthmatics suffering 'because doctors can't understand inhalers'
Telegraph.co.uk They say asthma sufferers including children are ending up in accident and emergency with serious breathing difficulties because they have not been given sound advice on how to use inhalers. Asthma, which affects up to eight million people in Britain, … Inhaler advice fear for asthma patients Healthcare professionals as bad as patients at good respiratory inhaler technique Inhalers 'not being used correctly' |
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