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Hudson Board of Health awarded for asthma program
MetroWest Daily News The Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) at UMass Lowell named the Town of Hudson as one of their 2015 Community Champions in honor of the Hudson Board of Health's efforts to reduce asthma attacks by limiting “household triggers,” according to a … |
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Child asthma deaths spur health expert's call to train teachers for attacks
The Daily Telegraph Although they are yet to make their findings official, Prof Jaffé has revealed the taskforce will recommend that it become mandatory in NSW schools to have staff specially trained to look after children with asthma, similar to current requirements for … |
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Daily Mail |
Forget inhalers… asthma sufferers in India gulp down LIVE FISH to ease their …
Daily Mail But rather than a puff from an inhaler or a pill – the boy is forced to swallow a live fish. Every year, thousands of Indians line up to swallow the slimy sea creatures, a traditional treatment for the condition. Asthma sufferers gather every June in … |
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San Bernardino County is offering home asthma support
Redlands Daily Facts The county Department of Public Health offers a home visitation program that gives families tools to make children's asthma attacks less frequent and less scary. CARE—Coordinated Asthma Referral and Education—is funded by a grant from the South Coast … |
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Taking care of asthma: How to spot an attack and how to help
Elko Daily Free Press ELKO — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 25 million Americans suffer from asthma — about one in every 12 people. Of those, roughly 7 million are children. The number of those affected by the disease increases every … |
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Yolo County has lowest asthma ER visits in region
Daily Democrat Children in California increasingly are flocking to emergency rooms for treatment of asthma, despite millions of dollars spent on programs to control the disease. However, Yolo County may be one of the few exceptions. It's seeing some of the lowest … |
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Daily Mail |
The foods that could reduce children's asthma flare-ups this winter
Daily Mail 'We are interested to see what happens when we give this supplement to children and whether that has an onset effect with their asthma flare-ups,' Asthma Australia CEO Mark Brooke told Daily Mail Australia. 'There are some particular airway reactions … |
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CN, TU to study asthma triggers
Tahlequah Daily Press Researchers are now enrolling between six to eight families from each school that have students with asthma or severe allergies to participate in the study. Participating families will receive tools, including gift cards, a high efficiency vacuum … |
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Port pollution cleanup partially credited with fewer child asthma-related …
The Daily Breeze Coexisting with refineries, freeways and the congested, behemoth twin port complex, the South Bay and Harbor Area are home to a relatively high number of asthma sufferers. “We have a lot more than other areas even though we live near the beach and the … |
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Number of adults with asthma in San Gabriel Valley rising
The Whittier Daily News Number of adults with asthma in San Gabriel Valley rising. Dr. Carlos Makabali, left, a pulmonary specialist, talks with Peggy Rodriguez while she sits in a pulmonary function testing machine. The rates of asthma ER visits have risen markedly statewide … |
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