New Haven to launch children’s asthma camps this summer to help avoid future hospitalizations – New Haven Register


New Haven Register

New Haven to launch children's asthma camps this summer to help avoid future hospitalizations
New Haven Register
New Haven to launch children's asthma camps this summer to help avoid future hospitalizations. New Haven Director of Health Dr. Byron Kennedy talks inside a conference room at his offices on Meadow Street on Thursday, May 26. Esteban L. Hernandez …

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Most Parents Do Not Understand Their Children’s Asthma Medications, News Study Shows – Nature World News


Nature World News

Most Parents Do Not Understand Their Children's Asthma Medications, News Study Shows
Nature World News
The study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, suggests that most of the times, parents do not fully understand their health care provider's instruction for the asthma medication of their children. For the study, researchers

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Children’s Health app at center of effort to help patients manage asthma – FierceMobileHealthcare (press release)

Children's Health app at center of effort to help patients manage asthma
FierceMobileHealthcare (press release)
The North Texas area has a significant number of children with asthma, so the condition has been a huge focus for the health system as well as for its partner, the Health and Wellness Alliance for Children, Julie Hall-Barrow, vice president of virtual

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Nationwide Children’s mobile app may help people better self-manage asthma – News-Medical.net

Nationwide Children's mobile app may help people better self-manage asthma
News-Medical.net
Very early on in her life, 3-year-old Karma Taylor found herself frequently in the Emergency Department in the middle of the night as a result of breathing problems. Karma's mom, Joyce Kelso, felt like she was chasing after her daughter's asthma rather

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Children’s Hospital gets $1.25 million for inner-city asthma research – BizTimes.com (Milwaukee)


BizTimes.com (Milwaukee)

Children's Hospital gets $1.25 million for inner-city asthma research
BizTimes.com (Milwaukee)
“Research shows that asthma disproportionately affects communities of color with devastating impact,” said Ellen Gilligan, president and CEO of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation in a statement announcing the project. “African Americans have the highest …

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Miller Children’s receives top honor for Excellence in Pediatric Asthma – Orange County Breeze


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Miller Children's receives top honor for Excellence in Pediatric Asthma
Orange County Breeze
Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach became the first free-standing children's hospital in California, and only the 11th children's hospital in the nation, to receive the Disease Specific Certification in Pediatric Asthma from The Joint

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Children’s asthma inhalers given out like fashion accessories warn experts – Daily Mail


Daily Mail

Children's asthma inhalers given out like fashion accessories warn experts
Daily Mail
Dr Maureen Baker, chairman of the Royal College of GPs, said: 'Asthma is an extremely distressing condition affecting as many as one in 11 children, and GPs are highly trained to identify symptoms, prescribe appropriately and monitor treatment to help …
Specialists Say Childhood Asthma Is OverdiagnosedMedscape
Asthma inhalers given out almost as a 'fashion accessory', experts warnThe Guardian
Are doctors overdiagnosing asthma?STAT
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Hasbro Children’s Hospital offers Asthma Camp – Valley Breeze

Hasbro Children's Hospital offers Asthma Camp
Valley Breeze
The Community Asthma Program at Hasbro Children's Hospital is currently accepting applications for its 2016 Asthma Camp, Rhode Island's only overnight camp for boys and girls with asthma who are between the ages of 9 and 13. Asthma Camp, located at …
Allergy tests will clear doubts: expertsThe Hindu

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Nationwide Children’s program aims to help asthma kids at school – Columbus Dispatch


Columbus Dispatch

Nationwide Children's program aims to help asthma kids at school
Columbus Dispatch
The program, which has expanded to 123 schools from just 17 three years ago, is part of a broader push by Nationwide Children's to improve the health of young asthma patients. Through the pediatric accountable-care organization Partners for Kids, …

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