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Asthma Awareness Month – Show How You Care About the Air
Environmental Defense Fund (blog) ChildAsthma May, which is well into ozone season in many regions in Texas, is also Asthma Awareness Month — an opportunity for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and health partners to educate Americans on asthma health risks and … |
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In fatal asthma attack trial, defense focuses on who shot first
Boston Globe (subscription) The defense attorney for a Boston man facing an unusual murder charge for allegedly firing a gun and causing a bystander who ran away to suffer a fatal asthma attack said Tuesday that another man was to blame because he fired his gun first. Delivering … |
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New medicine offers another defense in the asthma war
Allentown Morning Call The U.S. Food and Drug Administration this week gave marketing approval to GlaxoSmithKline's Arnuity Ellipta, an inhaled corticosteroid medicine designed to be taken a once a day by asthma patients 12 years of age and older. It's not for someone having … |
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A Pinch from Real Life: Carbon pollution, Asthma and How We Can Use …
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) I received my pinch from real life even before Mr. Magana spoke, when a physician also talked about asthma. She became visibly emotional while describing what it is like sitting with a person suffering through an asthma attack. Her description of the … |
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Daily Mail |
Doubts over first line of defense for asthma after research shows that …
Daily Mail The inhaler, often the first line of treatment in asthma, could be less effective or may even make the condition worse for some children carrying a particular gene, according to research at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Its chairman of … Why asthma treatment may not work for some children |
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Why Latinos are disproportionately affected by asthma, and what we can do
Environmental Defense Fund (blog) This post was co-authored by EDF's Rachel Shaffer and Declan Kingland, National Health Programs Coordinator for the League of United Latin American Citizens. Today in the United States, Latinos are three times more likely to die from asthma than other … |
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Health Column: A strong defense vs. asthma attacks
Riverhead News Review The winter season tends to keep people indoors, depriving them of the sun's vitamin D-filled rays. And recent studies have linked defi ciencies in vitamin D to a wide range of conditions — among them an increase in severe asthma reactions. More than … |
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Health Column: A strong defense vs. asthma attacks
Suffolk Times The winter season tends to keep people indoors, depriving them of the sun's vitamin D-filled rays. And recent studies have linked defi ciencies in vitamin D to a wide range of conditions — among them an increase in severe asthma reactions. More than … |
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New York City Housing Authority Agrees to Address Mold, Contributor to Asthma …
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) On New Year's Eve last year, Rossana de la Cuadra wasn't celebrating. She was in the hospital with her six-year-old daughter, Amanda Santos, who was experiencing yet another severe asthma attack. An inspection of the family's apartment, in the … |
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Traffic-Induced Asthma: Could your child be part of the eight percent?
Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) Eight percent of childhood asthma cases are a result of living close (within 250 feet) to major roadways, concluded a new report out this week. Of the many studies associating traffic pollution with asthma, this one evaluating 27,000 asthmatic children … |
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