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Obama: Malia's asthma brings home climate change debate
U-T San Diego WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says his memory of the fear over his daughter's preschool asthma attacks brings home the debate over climate change. Obama says he knows firsthand how scary it can be to have a child who struggles to … |
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Obama: Malia's asthma brings home climate change debate
Charlotte Observer President Barack Obama says his memory of the fear over his daughter's preschool asthma attacks brings home the debate over climate change. Obama says he knows firsthand how scary it can be to have a child who struggles to breathe. He is arguing that … White House to explore how climate change makes you sick |
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Business Insider |
Scientists are working on a product that could change everything for asthma …
Business Insider Advanced Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) at North Carolina State University Director Veena Misra and her multidisciplinary team are using nanotechnology to develop small, wearable sensors that monitor a person's immediate … |
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The Chronicle of Social Change |
Focus on the Figures: Asthma Diagnoses and Hospitalizations
The Chronicle of Social Change Every other week, The Chronicle of Social Change features one key indicator from Kidsdata.org, which offers comprehensive data about the health and well being of children across California. This week, we look at asthma diagnoses and asthma-related … |
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TheHealthSite |
Can the electronic nose change asthma treatment?
TheHealthSite asthma Rather than a 'one size fits all' approach, an electronic nose can help health professionals tailor asthma treatment to suit individuals. Healthcare professionals now understand that there are many different types of asthma and they affect … Different sub-groups of asthmatic children can be detected by electronic nose |
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Can a Change in Diet Help Your Child's Asthma?
Health Hub from Cleveland Clinic Some children who suffer from asthma may be battling dairy or gluten allergies. In these cases, a dairy-free or gluten-free diet can help, says Christine Spiroch, PhD, PA-C, of the Center for Integrative Medicine. In asthma, inflammation and mucus … |
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WMFE |
EPA chief, students talk asthma and climate change
Orlando Sentinel As her agency prepares what could be the most significant U.S. regulations for curbing climate change, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy was mobbed Thursday by Dr. Phillips High School students trying to get a selfie with the … US EPA Administrator Visits Orlando High School, Talks Asthma and Air Pollution EPA chief to visit Fla. school to raise awareness about asthma TODAY: EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to Visit Orlando for Asthma … |
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Washington Post |
Asthma Linked to Climate Change. Cancer Too.
The New Republic Allergies and asthma: Climate change plays a few roles contributing to asthma: It lengthens allergy season and raises pollen counts. An increase in ozone and carbon pollution contributes to pollen counts, while extreme rainfall and dampness encourages … Virginia groups respond to National Climate Assessment How to build a climate resilient United States You might be allergic to global warming |
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A Statistical Modeling Framework for Projecting Future Ambient Ozone and its Health Impact due to Climate Change.
Atmos Environ (1994). 2014 Jun 1;89:290-297
Authors: Chang HH, Hao H, Sarnat SE
Abstract
The adverse health effects of ambient ozone are well established. Given the high sensitivity of ambient ozone concentrations to meteorological conditions, the impacts of future climate change on ozone concentrations and its associated health effects are of concern. We describe a statistical modeling framework for projecting future ozone levels and its health impacts under a changing climate. This is motivated by the continual effort to evaluate projection uncertainties to inform public health risk assessment. The proposed approach was applied to the 20-county Atlanta metropolitan area using regional climate model (RCM) simulations from the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program. Future ozone levels and ozone-related excesses in asthma emergency department (ED) visits were examined for the period 2041-2070. The computationally efficient approach allowed us to consider 8 sets of climate model outputs based on different combinations of 4 RCMs and 4 general circulation models. Compared to the historical period of 1999-2004, we found consistent projections across climate models of an average 11.5% higher ozone levels (range: 4.8%, 16.2%), and an average 8.3% (range: -7% to 24%) higher number of ozone exceedance days. Assuming no change in the at-risk population, this corresponds to excess ozone-related ED visits ranging from 267 to 466 visits per year. Health impact projection uncertainty was driven predominantly by uncertainty in the health effect association and climate model variability. Calibrating climate simulations with historical observations reduced differences in projections across climate models.
PMID: 24764746 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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Evidence of climate change? My two sons' asthma
Dallas Morning News (blog) I have two sons who suffer from asthma that is directly related to our fossil-fuel-poisoned air quality. Avid fishermen, we no longer can eat the fish from our rivers and and lakes due to mercury levels, levels directly linked to coal-fired energy … |
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