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Raw Story |
People with asthma in Detroit are choking to death
Raw Story Jacqueline Cason didn't expect to be crawling down the stairs of her own damn house at 38 years old. When Cason lived in Mississippi, her asthma was annoying but manageable—a puff from an inhaler now and again. Then, just over a year ago, she moved … |
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The Detroit News |
Home for Christmas for Detroit family, son with asthma
The Detroit News Scores of readers and organizations stepped forward to help after The Detroit News and PBS NewsHour last week told the family's story as part of a joint report on how emotional trauma is contributing to an asthma epidemic among children in the Motor … |
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The Detroit News |
Separated Detroit family with asthmatic son may reunite
The Detroit News Siretha Lattimore, Dwayne Cole and their four young children were featured in a joint report by The Detroit News and PBS NewsHour on Wednesday about how emotional trauma and stress contribute to the nation-leading child asthma rates in Detroit. |
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The Detroit News |
Experts: More solutions needed to address urban asthma
The Detroit News Patient Davioanna Harris, 15, of Detroit, prepares to go back to Cody High School, where she is a sophomore, after her asthma treatment inside “Clara,” a pediatric-based mobile unit parked outside the school. (Photo: Todd McInturf / The Detroit News … Why stress may be fueling the childhood asthma epidemic |
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The Detroit News |
Hardships boost asthma rate for Detroit kids
The Detroit News More than 24,000 of Detroit's roughly 193,800 children have asthma, or about 12.4 percent. And the Johns Hopkins researchers found more than 77,000 Detroit children, or about 40 percent of all the city's kids, have experienced two or more stress … Why stress may be fueling the childhood asthma epidemic |
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The Detroit News |
Homelessness, asthma force family to give up children
The Detroit News Malik Cole is among 24,000 Detroit kids with asthma. A sweet boy whose favorite school subject is science, he has been raised in a nuclear family with his mother, father Dwayne Cole and siblings Jaretha Cole, 11, Shamika Cole, 7, and 4-year-old Jaden, … |
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WDIV Detroit |
Asthma a big issue for back-to-school students
WDIV Detroit Six-year-old Brandon Kinbrough is entering second grade in a couple of weeks. He has asthma and that concerns his mother Ciera Lewis. “The times that he was hospitalized he missed those two weeks of school," said Lewis. "I worry that if he continues to … |
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Is it allergies or asthma? Thousands go undiagnosed
Detroit Free Press When Lori Feeney's 7-year-old daughter, Allison, suffered a minor asthma attack while playing soccer, the mother knew her attempts at managing her daughter's seasonal allergies weren't working. In fact, she didn't even know her daughter had asthma. |
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MLive.com |
Man with asthma dies after Detroit traffic stop; cause of death pending
MLive.com "Officers did stop the gentleman for a traffic violation and subsequently he exited the vehicle … had an asthma attack," said Detroit Police Officer Jennifer Moreno of the Media Relations Department. "They gave him his inhaler (and) they administered … Man Suffers Medical Condition, Dies After Detroit Police Traffic Stop ANTHONY CLARK REED, 24, BLACK, DIES DURING DETROIT POLICE … |
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The Detroit News |
The battle against asthma starts at home
The Detroit News A recent story in The Detroit News pointed to the extent of asthma in Detroit (“Health providers target Detroit's asthma woes,” Dec. 4). Karen Bouffard's report emphasized education and medical interventions to treat and control asthma. Both are important. |
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