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Study: Racism Linked To Adult Onset Asthma In Black Women
News One A study released by Boston University researchers have linked the experience of racism to cases of adult-onset asthma in African-American women. The study, released by the school's Slone Epidemiology Center (SEC), says Black women who experienced … |
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Abused Black Girls More Likely to Develop Asthma: Study
U.S. News & World Report "This is the first prospective study to show an association between childhood abuse and adult-onset asthma," said study leader Patricia Coogan, senior epidemiologist at the Slone Epidemiology Center and associate professor of epidemiology at the Boston … Childhood Abuse Tied to Adult-Onset Asthma in Black Women |
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Childhood Abuse Tied to Adult-Onset Asthma in Black Women
Monthly Prescribing Reference (HealthDay News) – There is a positive association between adult-onset asthma and physical abuse in childhood among African-American women, according to a study published online Dec. 7 in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Patricia F. |
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Black carbon in homes: New York City's asthma culprit.
Environmental Health News Elevated levels of black carbon inside New York City homes are likely to be in neighborhoods where more kids have asthma, a study has found. Proximity to major truck routes and buildings using low-quality fuel oil were related to the black carbon … |
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Black With Asthma
Huffington Post These kids that I see are far more likely to get a bullet in the head than asthma. [emphasis spoken] And that's the reality of it and that's because of the economic consequences of bad policy and practices — much of which comes from Capitol Hill." If I Could Have Been A Voice In Harry's Alford's Ear, I Would Have Told Him… |
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Black kids twice as likely to have food sensitivities to peanuts, eggs, milk
msnbc.com "We know that sensitization is not the same thing as food allergy, but what they're reporting does seem to be consistent with what has been seen in other populations," said Christine Joseph, an allergy and asthma researcher from the Henry Ford Health … |
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Black kids hospitalized more for asthma
UPI.com WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) — African-American children are four times as likely as white children to be hospitalized for a severe asthma attack, US health officials say. A report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, part of the Department … AHRQ releases data on disparities involving hospitalization of children for asthma |
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Black Children More Likely to be Hospitalized for Severe Asthma Attacks
HealthNewsDigest.com By Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HealthNewsDigest.com) – Black children were four times more likely than white children to be hospitalized for a severe asthma attack in 2007, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for … |
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Increasing asthma rates spell trouble for black children
Examiner.com Over the past decade, the number of people diagnosed with asthma in the United States has increased steadily, especially among black children who are more likely than white children to suffer from complications due to asthma and die from asthma-related … |
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Many Black Kids with Asthma Don't See a Specialist in Time
VAdvert Press Center (press release) African-American children with asthma get much-needed specialty exams, care and treatment at more advanced stages of the disease than their Caucasian counterparts, according to research led by investigators at Johns Hopkins Children's Center. … |
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