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Chandra's Story: Losing A Son To Asthma
Care2.com (blog) by Moms Clean Air Force by Chandra Baldwin-Woods An asthma attack turned my world upside just less than two years ago, and it has never been the same since. After returning home from football practice on a typical hot, muggy August day, my 16-year-old … |
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New News on Cleaners
Huffington Post (blog) Earlier this month, a report conducted by the Silent Spring Institute in Newton, MA and published in the online Environmental Health Perspectives journal revealed chemicals linked to asthma and hormone disruption in 200 common household products. |
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Most Parents Don't Fill Their Kids' Asthma Meds — Study
Wall Street Journal (blog) By Shirley S. Wang That's the take-home point in a JAMA study aimed at figuring out whether out-of-pocket costs for medications influenced parents' willingness to fill prescriptions for their children's asthma. Analyses from insurance claims for nearly … Co-pays may affect which kids get their meds When co-pays go up, kids' asthma meds goes down |
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Asthmatic children get fewer meds when cost hits parents more
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog) School-aged children received less asthma medication, on average, when their parents had to pay more of the cost out of pocket, according to a study released this afternoon in the influential Journal of the American Medical Association. Most Parents Don't Fill Their Kids' Asthma Meds — Study High Out-of-Pocket Costs for Kids' Asthma Drugs Could Pose Dangers Cost Sharing Linked to Rise in Asthma Hospitalizations |
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Local Restaurant Sponsors Firefighters in Asthma Race
KTUL (blog) Money raised to sponsor teams goes directly to the American Lung Association in its fight to raise awareness for the 35 million Americans who suffer from asthma. Members of the public may donate money to Fight for Air Climb registrants, including the … |
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Why Getting Grimy As A Child Can Make For A Healthier Life
NPR (blog) Those include asthma, allergies, inflammatory bowel disease and multiple sclerosis. Exposure to germs as a kid seems to be helpful, while living in an environment that's squeaky clean seems to pose risks for some illnesses. Still, nobody knew precisely … Exposing kids to germs could make them healthier |
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Brigham research shows exposure to germs early in life protects later against …
Boston.com (blog) By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff For years, doctors and researchers have made a seemingly paradoxical observation: as people have grown up in cleaner and more sterile environments, allergies, asthma, and other inflammatory diseases have increased. Getting the dirt on immunity: Study shows early exposure to germs is a good thing |
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Mom Finds Way To Help Her Child's Asthma And Others
Care2.com (blog) She eventually sought training in homeopathy and herbal medicine as a result of her second son's severe eczema and asthma. In the beginning of her quest, she went from specialist to specialist seeking a cure. Each one told her that her son would need … |
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Secondhand smoke again tied to asthma in kids
Baltimore Sun (blog) NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A fresh look at past studies suggests kids who live with a smoker are more likely to wheeze or get asthma, providing more evidence for the link between secondhand smoke and breathing problems. Researchers found that the … |
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An Early Start to Allergy Season
New York Times (blog) “Patients with asthma that is triggered by tree pollen are also seeing their asthma symptoms creep back in, which starts with coughing and chest tightening.” Dr. Stanley Fineman, president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, … Mild winter, spring's arrival herald allergies Your Nose Knows It's Spring Allergy season is here |
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