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Hundreds turn out to honor Milpitas third-grader who died after asthma attack
Contra Costa Times Milpitas baseball player and well-liked third-grader Christian Ryan Lavarias Dalugdug, 8, photographed in May in Hawaii. Christian died following an asthma attack on Christmas and subsequent cardiac arrest. His unexpected death sparked $20,000 in … |
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Oakland nonprofits to battle asthma with $600000 EPA grant
Contra Costa Times OAKLAND — The EPA awarded a $600,000 asthma prevention grant to an Oakland nonprofit Wednesday that will help schoolchildren and their parents identify and avoid indoor triggers like dust and cleaning products. The grant will go to the Public Health … |
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RV battles asthma throughout East Bay
Contra Costa Times In fact, the crew piloting this RV battles asthma, the most common childhood illness, affecting more than 7 million children nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is the Northern California Breathmobile — an … |
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Meet asthma detective Amy Sholinbeck
Contra Costa Times If stuffed animals had brains, they would tremble at the sound of her voice. Dust mites in the carpet would shudder inside their exoskeletons. Officially, Amy Sholinbeck is a case worker with the Alameda County Public Health Department's Asthma Start … |
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Attacking Asthma: Program to keep kids out of hospital saves tax dollars, but …
Contra Costa Times Like every other young patient treated on the Breathmobile, an asthma clinic on wheels, Tyree, 13, receives respiratory exams, medication, equipment and periodic checkups that help control his asthma, all for free. His experience illustrates that … |
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Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma
Contra Costa Times It was the sound of asthma — asthma out of control. Two of the children who'd spent the night there, oxygen sensors glowing red around their index fingers, were ill, one with a bad cold, the other with pneumonia. But they were confined to hospital … Pamela Tapia: My life as an asthmatic |
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St. Mary's adopts high-tech methods to boost patient care
Contra Costa Times It's used to treat severe persistent asthma in patients at least 18 years old whose asthma is not well-controlled with more standard methods, according to Dr. Joyoti Datta, chief of staff and pulmonary disease/chest disease. The bronchoscopy procedure … |
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Expert paints bleak air pollution picture to children's asthma group
Contra Costa Times While politicians like to tout improvements in pollution and air quality, that s not the world that scientists like John Froines see. "Air pollution is not getting better, it s getting worse," said Froines, a retired UCLA professor and director of the … |
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Long Beach children's asthma group to host presentation
Contra Costa Times The Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma will host a presentation by UCLA Professor John Froines on Health Effects of Air Pollution: Diesel & Railyards. |
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Breathing a little bit easier
Contra Costa Times Soon, residents in Wilmington will be treated for asthma caused by emissions spewed from the nearby Port of Los Angeles, while a study will help determine … |
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