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Media advisory: Buffalo teens with asthma teach each other how to best manage their disease
UB News Center The program, called PeerLed Asthma Self-Management for Adolescents (PLASMA), is led by researchers at the University of Rochester School of Nursing in collaboration with the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at … |
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UB researchers explore depression, asthma link
Buffalo News The researchers say the findings also eventually may reduce health disparities in child asthma because there is a higher percentage of depressed caregivers among children with asthma from minority and socio-economically disadvantaged groups. |
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Asthma Awareness Month offers time to look at new ways of controlling the disease
Buffalo Reflex (subscription) About one in 10 Missourians have asthma, a chronic condition caused by inflammation of the lungs. In Missouri alone, an average of 75 people die each year from the disease. Many of these deaths, however, are preventable with awareness, knowledge and … |
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Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living
Buffalo News For the past 50 years, scientists also believed urban living led to higher rates of asthma in children. But new research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center disputes the notion that geography alone is a major risk factor for the disease and its … |
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Asthma action plan advice
Buffalo News Children are 39 percent more likely to have an asthma attack than adults and the condition is the third-leading cause of hospitalizations for those under age 15, according to the American Lung Association of the Northeast. The organization recommended … |
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Another Voice: 'Study' was meant to disguise asthma problems caused by Peace …
Buffalo News Scientific studies conducted by local asthma doctor and researcher Dr. Jamson Lwebuga-Mukasa build a strong case for a link between Peace Bridge traffic and asthma prevalence on the Lower West Side. A survey of 2,000 randomly selected households … |
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Study finds link in genes for obesity and asthma
University at Buffalo Reporter “Our findings point the way to the management of asthma in the obese through simple weight reduction,” says first author Paresh Dandona, SUNY Distinguished Professor and chief of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism in the UB School of Medicine and … UB Studies Find Biological Links between Obesity, Asthma |
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Fuming over pollution: Air quality near Peace Bridge linked to high asthma …
Buffalo News Air quality near Peace Bridge linked to high asthma rates on West Side. Overall views of the Peace bridge, from the roof of the HSBC tower,on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Harry Scull Jr. / Buffalo News file photo. By Dan Telvock / Investigative Post. on … |
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Researcher decries asthma rates near Peace Bridge
Buffalo News A local medical researcher Wednesday said already alarming rates of asthma and other respiratory diseases among residents of Buffalo's densely populated West Side would be made worse by increased truck traffic resulting from an expansion of the toll … Battle over asthma problems on the West Side from Peace Bridge Researcher links asthma to Peace Bridge |
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Electricity theft tied to asthma machine user
Buffalo News A Black Rock man told police he stole electricity from a neighbor's house to power his asthma machine, authorities said Friday. Christian O. Velasquez, 22, of the 100 block of Austin Street, broke into an adjacent house on the 100 block of Gorton … |
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