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  • Janu Sirsasana (Head-to-Knee Forward Bend) For Asthma – BoldSky

    Janu Sirsasana (Head-to-Knee Forward Bend) For AsthmaBoldSkyAsthma is as you all know a chronic disease that directly affects your airways. The main task of your airways is to carry the air in and out of your lungs. In case of asthma, these tubes become sore and swollen. Things become worse when asthma keeps on … View […]

  • Health: Childhood asthma may increase risks of shingles – South Bend Tribune

    Health: Childhood asthma may increase risks of shinglesSouth Bend TribuneOf the 371 shingles cases, 23 percent (87 individuals) had asthma, compared with 15 percent (114 of 742) from the control group. The authors found that adults with asthma were at about a 70 percent greater risk of developing shingles, compared to those … View full post […]

  • World Asthma Day 2015 celebrated at Memorial Hospital of South Bend – The Elkhart Truth

    The Elkhart Truth World Asthma Day 2015 celebrated at Memorial Hospital of South BendThe Elkhart TruthOne in 12 people in the United States — about 25 million people — had asthma in 2009, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Asthma killed 185 children and 3,262 adults in the U.S. in 2007, according […]

  • Study shows asthma is not more prevalent in inner city dwellers – Bend Bulletin

    Study shows asthma is not more prevalent in inner city dwellersBend BulletinFor more than 50 years, researchers have described childhood asthma as a plague of the inner city — urban areas where 20 percent or more of the population lives below the poverty line. But a new study by researchers from Johns Hopkins University … […]

  • Asthma, exercise can coexist – Bend Bulletin

    Asthma, exercise can coexistBend Bulletin“Ten percent of Olympic athletes have asthma, so asthma won't stop individuals from high functionality,” said Albert Rizzo, chief of Christiana Care Health System's pulmonary and critical care medicine section in Delaware and senior medical adviser for …EPA awards $600000 to Oakland, Calif. health ….U.S. EPA.gov (press release)all 3 news articles » […]

  • Health officials: Indiana flu deaths rise to 40 – South Bend Tribune

    NBC 7 San Diego Health officials: Indiana flu deaths rise to 40South Bend TribuneOf those, 33 were people older than age 65 and 38 had underlying medical conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, asthma and renal disease. This flu season is "a bad one for the elderly," Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for […]

  • New tech is helping people manage asthma – Bend Bulletin

    New tech is helping people manage asthmaBend BulletinIn the past few years, asthma patients have seen technology make the disease more manageable. Companies now are unveiling devices that track inhaler usage with GPS, measure wheezing, compile data on smartphone-mobile apps and share interactive … View full post on asthma – Google News

  • Benefit for young South Bend woman set July 23 – South Bend Tribune

    South Bend Tribune Benefit for young South Bend woman set July 23South Bend TribuneKindig was about to complete her junior year at Clay High School in the spring of 2010 when she suffered a severe asthma attack that resulted in extensive disabilities. The family said lack of oxygen to her brain left the 19-year-old virtually […]

  • Seeking telltale signs of disease in someone’s breath – Bend Bulletin

    Seeking telltale signs of disease in someone's breathBend BulletinScientists are building sophisticated electronic and chemical sniffers that examine the puffs of exhaled air for telltale signs of cancer, tuberculosis, asthma and other maladies, as well as for radiation exposure. “There are clear signatures in the …and more » View full post on asthma – Google News

  • South Bend teen battles back from severe asthma attack, attends high school Prom – WNDU-TV

    South Bend teen battles back from severe asthma attack, attends high school PromWNDU-TVMay is National Asthma Awareness Month, and believe it or not, statistics show that every day 11 Americans die from the disease. One South Bend teen nearly died after a severe asthma attack, but she was determined to get her life back with […]