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Get Rid of These 5 Household Pests to Reduce Asthma
Care2.com During Asthma Awareness Month, the focus tends to be on strategies for coping with this chronic disease. And they should be. Almost 26 million Americans suffer from this incurable illness that causes airways to become inflamed and making it hard if not … |
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First Sea Otter With Asthma Trained to Use Inhaler
Care2.com Humans aren't the only species that can suffer from asthma. Land animals like cats, dogs and horses can have it. It can apparently affect marine life as well: For the first time ever, a sea otter, named Mishka, has been diagnosed with this respiratory … Mishka, One-Year Old Sea Otter Diagnosed with Asthma from Wildfire Smoke |
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Treating Asthma and Eczema With Plant-Based Diets
Care2.com I previously discussed the power of fruits and vegetables to help prevent and treat asthma and allergies. If adding a few more servings of fruits and vegetables may help asthma, what about a diet centered on plants? Twenty patients with allergic eczema … |
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Treating Asthma With Plants vs. Supplements?
Care2.com In my video Treating Asthma With Fruits and Vegetables, I highlighted a landmark study on manipulating antioxidant intake in asthma. The study found that just a few extra fruits and vegetables a day can powerfully reduce asthma exacerbation rates. |
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How Fruits and Vegetables Can Help Treat Asthma
Care2.com In my video Preventing Asthma With Fruits and Vegetables, I highlighted an international study of asthma and allergies involving more than a million kids. The study found a consistent inverse relationship between prevalence rates of asthma, allergies … |
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Preventing Asthma With Fruits and Vegetables
Care2.com Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children and the prevalence is increasing around the world. Despite this, most research dollars are spent on adult chronic disease. “One might ask” a group of researchers posited “whether this is because our … |
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Childhood Asthma Linked to Prenatal BPA Exposure, New Study Says
Care2.com There has been a dramatic increase in asthma, especially in children, since the 1980s. Scientists have long believed that environmental factors, including less than hygienic conditions in urban areas, was a cause for the increase. However, in spite of … |
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Asthma Treatments Make Kids Shorter but Don't Get Breathless Over It
Care2.com It's estimated that about 300 million people worldwide suffer from asthma, with rates rising in so-called developed nations. Drugs called corticosteroids, taken through an asthma reliever inhaler, are prescribed as a first line of treatment because … Some Asthma Medications Restrict Kids' Growth Corticosteroid Asthma Inhalers May Suppress Growth in Children Asthma Medication May Suppress Children's Growth |
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Asthma Cases Increase as Cities Continue to Ignore Federal Ozone Standards
Care2.com Ground-level ozone robs hundreds of thousands of Americans with asthma and other respiratory ailments of quality of life. It sends thousands of children to emergency rooms each year and costs us billions in healthcare costs, lost productivity and … |
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Why Latinos Are Disproportionately Affected by Asthma
Care2.com Today in the United States, Latinos are three times more likely to die from asthma than other racial or ethnic groups. Latino children are 40 percent more likely to die from asthma than non-Latino whites, and nearly 1 in 10 Latino children under the … Scary! Latinos Three Times More Likely to Die From Asthma Than Other Groups … |
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