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Clean up our air to ease asthma
Atlanta Journal Constitution I was diagnosed with asthma when I was four years old. Since then, my life hasn't been the same. Asthma causes my airways to become inflamed, narrow and produce extra mucus. My airways are different from other individuals because the inflammation … |
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Cleaning regimen can help fight allergies, asthma
Atlanta Journal Constitution It's nearly impossible to escape the misery of allergies when you call the verdant Southeast home. There's a hefty price to pay for those lush trees that canopy so much of the area, especially when spring breaks through winter's chill, unleashing the … |
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Are your kids' asthma medicines too pricey?
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog) It's allergy and asthma season across the United States and for families even with insurance the cost of asthma medicines can be prohibitive. Asthma is often easily prevented and controlled with the right inhalable medicines but due to patents, FDA … Asthma medicines a struggle for many countries |
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Carbon tax can aid clean energy
Atlanta Journal Constitution Georgia could benefit from reduced air pollution, since there are about 10,000 hospitalizations for asthma yearly at a cost of more than $130 million. Less soot and other irritants from coal-fired power plants would help asthma sufferers – especially … |
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Indian believers swallow live fish as asthma cure
Atlanta Journal Constitution AP HYDERABAD, India — Tens of thousands of asthma-sufferers mobbed a southern Indian stadium Friday to swallow live sardines smeared with a yellow herbal paste they believe will cure their breathing problems. A member of the Goud family, … |
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Better health, byte by byte
Atlanta Journal Constitution The One Million Healthy Children project will pull together dozens of nonmedical information sources for doctors initially focused on treating asthma, autism and diabetes. In the near future, doctors in Atlanta will be able to factor variables like … |
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Politics of asthma have outrun the science of the condition
Atlanta Journal Constitution It's more likely to be an indictment of industry, power plants and Georgians' lifestyle choices (driving) for “asthma-causing pollution.” This criticism happens every year as the May-September “Ozone Season” arrives. Newspapers tie high ozone days to … |
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Meeting the twin challenges of asthma and obesity in Atlanta
Atlanta Journal Constitution Children's Healthcare of Atlanta reminds us that asthma is the No. 1 reason children are admitted to its Atlanta hospitals, and these occurrences increase … |
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Readers Write 9/1
Atlanta Journal Constitution Safeguards such as these use science to prevent heart disease and premature deaths, asthma and cancer throughout our populace, yet dirty industries are … Corporate polluters try to block progress |
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