One in 4 asthma patients refered to Denver hospital didn’t have asthma – Colorado Springs Gazette

One in 4 asthma patients refered to Denver hospital didn't have asthma
Colorado Springs Gazette
It's estimated that one in 12 Americans suffers from some form of asthma, a chronic but reversible lung disease that causes inflammation and constriction of the airways. A person suffering an asthma attack might wheeze and cough, struggle for breath

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Girl, 12, Dies From Asthma Attack, School Didn’t Call 911 or Take Her to ER – Opposing Views

Girl, 12, Dies From Asthma Attack, School Didn't Call 911 or Take Her to ER
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The nurse wasn't there on the day when Massey had her asthma attack. Massey's father Daniel Burch told Philadelphia City Paper that someone from the school called him towards the end of the day. Apparently, Burch didn't realize how badly his daughter 

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Asthma: Rebecca thought she had the condition. So why didn’t inhalers help? – Daily Mail


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Asthma: Rebecca thought she had the condition. So why didn't inhalers help?
Daily Mail
EILO will not respond to inhalers because while asthma is caused by overly sensitive airways in the lungs that inflame through exposure to allergens or, indeed, exercise, EILO is caused by the vocal cords closing over the windpipe during exercise. A

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Boy, nine, dies from asthma attack as he didn’t think he needed his brown … – Daily Mail


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Boy, nine, dies from asthma attack as he didn't think he needed his brown
Daily Mail
Joshua Platt had been diagnosed with asthma at the age of one but whenever he got out of breath during football matches or other games he would take his inhaler and then carry on playing. Tragedy struck after Joshua returned home from his visiting his

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Aurora girl suffering asthma attack didn’t die from crash, officials say – Chicago Tribune

Aurora girl suffering asthma attack didn't die from crash, officials say
Chicago Tribune
An Aurora girl died of "a medical issue" and not from a crash that occurred when her mother was rushing her to a hospital to treat an asthma attack Monday, authorities said. Kayla Bell, 3, was pronounced dead at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora,
Coroner: Aurora tot died from medical complications, not crashChicago Sun-Times
Aurora child dies as mom crashes car rushing her to hospitalChicago Daily Herald
Illinois girl, 3, dies as mom rushes her to hospitalRockford Register Star

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Asthma, gamma-interferon, and the mouse that didn’t wheeze – Scope (blog)


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Asthma, gamma-interferon, and the mouse that didn't wheeze
Scope (blog)
In a just-out study, Stanford's Steve Galli, MD, Mang Yu, MD, PhD, and their colleagues induced a condition very closely mimicking asthma's molecular and cellular symptoms, not just the wheezing, in lab mice. But doing so required the active
Key immune substance linked to asthma, Stanford study findsEurekAlert (press release)

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