Helping kids to control asthma; Basic steps to keep children breathing easier – New York Daily News


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Helping kids to control asthma; Basic steps to keep children breathing easier
New York Daily News
Every day, as many as 10 kids come through his ER as a as a result of severe asthma attacks. Summer can be a dangerous time for children with asthma, as humidity, temperatures, air pollution and pollen counts all rise. "Asthma is an allergy specific to

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Want to know what asthma is like? Try breathing through a straw – Mother Nature Network


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Want to know what asthma is like? Try breathing through a straw
Mother Nature Network
During an asthma attack, Sarah said, a person's airway constricts to roughly the size of that straw. In nursing school, she and her classmates were instructed to pinch their noses and breathe only through the straw to simulate what an attack feels like

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Got a minute: Breathing troubles, chest tightness could be asthma – Dansville-Genesee Country Express (blog)

Got a minute: Breathing troubles, chest tightness could be asthma
Dansville-Genesee Country Express (blog)
Asthma may be the culprit in these cases. The medical community doesn't know what causes asthma, but it is well understood that it has a relationship to some kind of allergy most of the time. Asthma is more prevalent in people with a family history of

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Patient Breathing Easier After Breakthrough Asthma Operation – Fox News


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Patient Breathing Easier After Breakthrough Asthma Operation
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MANCHESTER, England – A female asthma patient in the UK was breathing easier after a breakthrough operation that burned away lung tissue blocking her airways, the Manchester Evening News reported Tuesday. The operation, which is the first non-drug
Breakthrough asthma operation burns away lung tissue with radio wavesDaily Mail

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Breathing easy As a child, Jennifer Bergeron’s asthma attacks landed her in … – Ottawa Citizen

Breathing easy As a child, Jennifer Bergeron's asthma attacks landed her in
Ottawa Citizen
Though she has asthma, Bergeron plans to run both the 5k and the 10k race Saturday, May 28, 2011, at Ottawa Race Weekend. When it came to running, Jennifer Bergeron spent her entire childhood on the sidelines. “All through elementary school,

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Breathing fear as city sees high smog level – Peterborough Today

Breathing fear as city sees high smog level
Peterborough Today
PETERBOROUGH has been revealed as one of the worst affected areas for “summer smog” as the Government issues an alert for asthma sufferers over Easter. Sustained warm temperatures and little wind has caused the first smog outbreak of the year – with
Smog over LeicesterLeicester Mercury

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