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NJ.com |
Jersey City student died in her mother's arms after asthma attack; 'everyone …
NJ.com Aris Turner's grieving parents recalled their daughter today as a beautiful, loving, and intelligent young woman. The 14-year-old eight-grader died on May 22 at home when she suffered a heart attack after what her parents described as a bad asthma attack. |
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MedPage Today |
Asthma in the City: Rx Adherence Barriers
MedPage Today In a close look at medication adherence for over 200 Baltimore children with asthma, only 54% of caregivers were able to locate all of the prescription medications in the home, and only 23% had non-expired, filled prescriptions in the home, Michelle N … |
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City looks to reduce asthma rates in poor neighborhoods
Capital New York In an effort to reduce asthma in low-income neighborhoods, the de Blasio administration will work to pass a law requiring owners of multi-unit housing to have a smoking policy, and disclose it to current and prospective residents. The proposal was … |
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Memphis Commercial Appeal |
Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living, research shows
Memphis Commercial Appeal There are, however, pockets around the country in suburban and rural areas where the prevalence of asthma is just as high, according to the study, recently published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The common links among 23,000 … |
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Arizona Daily Sun |
Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living
Arizona Daily Sun 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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Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living
Medical Xpress Her mother, Tyishia Walker, who suffers from asthma and has an older daughter with the disease, knew exactly what was wrong: Faith also had the chronic lung condition. "I'm sure it's from living in the city," said Tyishia Walker." We have more rats … |
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Baltimore Sun |
Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living
Baltimore Sun Her mother, Tyishia Walker, who suffers from asthma and has an older daughter with the disease, knew exactly what was wrong: Faith also had the chronic lung condition. "I'm sure it's from living in the city," said Tyishia Walker."We have more rats … |
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Study shows asthma is not more prevalent in the inner city
Kankakee Daily Journal For more than 50 years, researchers have described childhood asthma as a plague of the inner city — urban areas where 20 percent or more of the population lives below the poverty line. But a new study by researchers from Johns Hopkins University … |
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Big City Life May Not Be A Key Asthma Risk For Kids, Says US Study
Huffington Post CHICAGO, Jan 20 (Reuters) – The simple fact of growing up in a big city may not be a major factor in whether a child develops asthma, according to a new study that contradicts decades of public health assumptions about the so-called inner city asthma … |
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Study shows asthma is not more prevalent in inner city dwellers
Bend Bulletin For more than 50 years, researchers have described childhood asthma as a plague of the inner city — urban areas where 20 percent or more of the population lives below the poverty line. But a new study by researchers from Johns Hopkins University … |
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