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Overdiagnosis of asthma in Canadian communities
News-Medical.net Asthma is overdiagnosed in an estimated 30 percent of Canadian adult , according to a study presented at the ATS 2016 International Conference. "Careful testing revealed that 33 percent of people who had been recently diagnosed with asthma in the … |
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Medical Xpress |
Asthma rates among black youth are similarly high in urban, rural communities
Medical Xpress About 15 percent of Detroit's black inner city youth have diagnosed asthma and another 8 percent undiagnosed disease, according to a study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Rates are 13.7 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively, in rural … |
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NerdWallet (blog) |
Living With Asthma: Exercise-Induced Asthma, Diet and Support Communities
NerdWallet (blog) More than 25 million people in the U.S. are living with various types of asthma. In addition to taking your medications, diet, exercise and other lifestyle factors can help you gain control of the condition. This can mean fewer attacks and a greater … American Lung Association Interested In Hearing from Smoking Asthmatics |
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Childhood Asthma Soars in Poor Communities of Color
ColorLines magazine For the parents of a child struggling daily to breathe, asthma is no small matter. And it turns out that where you live, as much as how, plays a huge role in bringing on and exacerbating the disease. A special Dateline NBC investigation set to air this … |
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NY1 |
Study Examines Prevalence Of Asthma In Low-Income Communities – NY1
NY1 A team of researchers are looking even further into the consistent and growing prevalence of asthma in certain low-income communities in the city. Matt Perzanowski and his team of researchers at Columbia University are taking filters of collected dust … |
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Study Examines Prevalence Of Asthma In Low-Income Communities
NY1 A team of researchers are looking even further into the consistent and growing prevalence of asthma in certain low-income communities in the city. Matt Perzanowski and his team of researchers at Columbia University are taking filters of collected dust … |
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Asthma rates high among children in Pittsburgh-area communities
WTAE Pittsburgh “It's like I'm battling a monster,” the 8-year-old boy told Channel 4 Action News investigator Jim Parsons. It's been that way since he suffered his first near-fatal asthma attack when he was 3. “It brings tears to my eyes because he came to me and … |
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 StandardNet |
Asthma is on the rise in some Top of Utah communities
StandardNet The probable causes for the increase are unclear, as is why asthma is more prevalent in some areas than others, said UDOH spokesperson, Kellie Baxter, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not been able to identify one concrete … |
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 Center For American Progress |
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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Low-income communities around San Bernardino rail yard targeted for health study
Los Angeles Times Southern California air quality regulators are sponsoring an in-depth study to determine if the San Bernardino rail yard, a major inland hub of goods shipped across the US, has caused a rise in cancer and asthma in the neighboring low-income … |
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