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Baltimore Sun |
Poverty, race drive asthma rates more than city living
Baltimore Sun Her mother, Tyishia Walker, who suffers from asthma and has an older daughter with the disease, knew exactly what was wrong: Faith also had the chronic lung condition. "I'm sure it's from living in the city," said Tyishia Walker."We have more rats … |
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Menopause doesn't drive severe asthma
Clinical Endocrinology News Digital Network MADRID – Menopause is blamed for many things, but it's unlikely to be the reason for the increased risk of severe asthma or worse quality of life in elderly asthmatic women, a study suggests. "The increased unadjusted asthma severity and need for … |
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Temperature increases drive asthma suffering
Mail & Guardian Online Asthma is one of the biggest afflictions that humans have had to face with urbanisation and industrialisation. At the turn of the 20th century it was relatively unheard of. But now it is an epidemic. The World Health Organisation said 300-million … |
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 The Providence Journal |
Green DRIVE bus pull challenge raises money, awareness for youth asthma
The Providence Journal PROVIDENCE — Jerediah Gonzalez of Cranston leads team Project 401, a non-profit break-dancing group, as it pulls a 29,000-pound Green DRIVE bus across the skating rink in Kennedy Plaza to help raise money for youth asthma outreach and education … |
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First model of how Sydney pollutants may drive childhood asthma
Medical Xpress "Developing a proper model of childhood asthma involves long-term studies and controlled exposure to triggers in the environment, which requires a great deal of effort and has not been done before," says UNSW Medicine's Professor Rakesh Kumar, the … |
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First model of how Sydney pollutants may drive childhood asthma
HealthCanal.com “Developing a proper model of childhood asthma involves long-term studies and controlled exposure to triggers in the environment, which requires a great deal of effort and has not been done before,” says UNSW Medicine's Professor Rakesh Kumar, the … |
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Poor Children Drive City's Asthma Rate
Wall Street Journal One in eight New York City children has been diagnosed with asthma, with poor children nearly twice as likely to suffer from the respiratory disease, according to a report to be posted by the city health officials on Wednesday. |
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1233 screened in anti-asthma drive
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily KUWAIT CITY, Jan 2: Dr Ghalia Al-Mutairi said 1233 people have been screened in the national campaign against asthma in Farwaniya and Jahra governorates, reports Al-Qabas daily. She noted an estimated 80 percent of asthma patients do not follow the … |
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 Edinburgh Evening News |
Natalie breathes life into asthma drive
Edinburgh Evening News A CITY student has become the face of a national campaign to provide support and advice to young people with asthma. Natalie Lussey, 22, who is studying for a PhD at Edinburgh University, is fronting Asthma UK's Big Up Your Chest Campaign. … |
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Growing Number of Americans with Asthma/COPD to Drive Innovative Therapeutics …
Newswire Today (press release) In 2009, 40.3 million Americans were diagnosed with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Of these, 25.1 million had asthma and 15.1 million had COPD. The asthma/COPD therapeutics market is growing, with a high amount of momentum … |
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