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DNAinfo |
Child Asthma Rates Higher in Central Brooklyn Than Citywide Average: DOH
DNAinfo FORT GREENE — Central Brooklynites face childhood asthma, drug and alcohol hospitalization and premature death at higher rates than the rest of the city, according to city health department profiles released Wednesday. But they drink less sugary soda … |
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle |
Kids use art to raise awareness of asthma
Brooklyn Daily Eagle A dozen New York City area students, including four from Brooklyn, were winners of a poster contest sponsored by HealthPlus Amerigroup to raise awareness of asthma. The kids will have the honor of seeing the posters they created used in a special … |
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Christian Post |
Brooklyn Megachurch Pastor A.R. Bernard Loses Firstborn Son to Fatal Asthma …
Christian Post Popular Brooklyn, New York megachurch pastor, A.R. Bernard is now grieving the loss off his firstborn son Alfonso R. Bernard Jr. who died last Wednesday after suffering an asthma attack. He was 39. Pastor Bernard, who leads the Christian Cultural … |
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September brings peak season of asthma
News 12 Brooklyn Along with the start of school, September is also the peak season for asthma. Doctors say asthma is common in September because this is when asthma triggers like mold, ragweed and other viral infections are in the air. Asthma symptoms include … |
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OPINION: Asthma is a serious problem, but what are the causes?
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Asthma is costing New York's Medicaid system more than half a billion dollars a year, according to a report by the state Comptroller's Office quoted in an Associated Press article posted on the Brooklyn Daily Eagle website. The cost to the state is … |
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Asthma costs New York state $1.3 billion each year, study shows
Brooklyn Daily Eagle ALBANY— Asthma is costing New York's Medicaid system more than half a billion dollars a year, according to a report released Friday that urges the state to do more to help those affected by the respiratory illness. The study by state Comptroller … |
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Study: Asthma has $1.3B impact on New York
News 12 Brooklyn ALBANY, N.Y. – (AP) — Asthma is costing New York's Medicaid system more than half a billion dollars a year, according to a report released Friday that urges the state to do more to help those affected by the respiratory illness. The study by state … |
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OPINION: Freestanding emergency rooms: advice from a former asthma patient
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Between roughly 1985, when I had my first serious asthma attack, and 1995, when I had my last one, I must have been in the emergency room at least one a month. Because I moved around during that time, I became familiar with ERs in the Bronx (Jacobi), … |
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DA Candidate Ken Thompson Identifies Brooklyn Heights as High Asthma Zone
Brooklyn Heights Blog (blog) In his discussion of environmental problems in Brooklyn, he notes that Brooklyn Heights is one of five borough neighborhoods–the others are Bushwick, Downtown Brooklyn, Park Slope, and Williamsburg–having asthma rates that exceed the national … Ken Thompson unveils plans for environmental protection unit at Brooklyn DA's … |
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Bushwick's Struggles With Asthma: What's Poverty's Role?
The Brooklyn Bureau When Devin's asthma was at its worst, Mora was lucky to get an hour of sleep. But this rarely happened – her son would wake every few hours short of breath. “He used to always have to be in the hospital every three days. It was horrible,” says Mora, a … |
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