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People Who Lived Near World Trade Center Report More Lung Disease
MSN Health & Fitness Previous studies found an increased level of asthma among residents who had a heavy layer of dust in their homes after the attacks. The new findings examine how damage to homes is associated with respiratory diseases and symptoms. |
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Intermodal Education Center Offers Free Asthma Screenings
iBerkshires.com Area allergist Dr. Thomas Edwards will conduct free asthma screenings on Tuesday, May 22, at the Intermodal Education Center, located at the corner of North Street and Columbus Avenue from 3 to 6 pm Adults and children can find out if symptoms such as … |
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New EPA Rules Help Communities of Color Breathe Easier
Center For American Progress Carbon emissions can also lead directly to a worsening of asthma symptoms. For many people of color, this air pollution is an unavoidable feature of daily life because they are more likely to live and work in the nation's most polluted cities. |
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Family fun ride helps Asthma and COPD Education Center
Bakersfield Now The Asthma and COPD Education Center is gearing up for the Woody Y Century & Family Fun Ride. The event is Saturday at The Park at River Walk on Stockdale Highway. It begins and ends at River Walk, and there are five routes to choose from. |
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UT Medical Center announces new asthma treatment
WBIR-TV "If you have bad asthma, what ends up happening is everything gets swollen. The muscle gets thick and it clamps down. What this is going to do is it isn't going to make normal airways any bigger, but it will make an abnormal airway closer to normal," … |
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Arrowhead Regional Medical Center expands Breathmobile service to High Desert
San Bernardino Sun By Jim Steinberg, The (San Bernardino County) Sun Nancy Glaab LVN, right, explains asthma treatment to a family at the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Breath Mobile in Fontana last week, with volunteer Slenea Strohl, right. |
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Video: What parents should know about asthma, from Morristown Medical Center
Morristown Green Anyone who has grown up with asthma knows the frightening feeling. It's like having a python wrapped around your chest, squeezing tighter every time you exhale until you are gasping for breath. Dr. April Wazeka specializes in children's respiratory … |
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Monmouth Medical Center to Host Asthma and COPD Awareness Day, December 2
Asbury Park Press According to Center for Disease Control studies, more than 17.5 million adults and 7 million children in the United States have asthma. Additionally, more than 11.8 million adults suffer from Chronic Obstructive Disorder (COPD). … COPD Awareness Month Underway |
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Emory University Hospital First in Southeast to Offer Bronchial Thermoplasty …
Woodruff Health Sciences Center ATLANTA – Approximately 22 million Americans currently suffer from asthma, with 10-15 percent of that population – or over 3 million individuals – experiencing severe persistent asthma, which is difficult to control with even combined usage of … |
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Area health center to investigate connection between asthma, blacks
Hilton Head Island Packet Turns out, she had developed asthma. She takes medications, but her asthma has been so bad that it has put her in the hospital. Just recently, as a co-worker cleaned the floors with a chemical, she felt chest tightness, a shortness of breath. … |
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