Do you know what to do in the event of an asthma attack? Most people in the North-East don’t. – The Northern Echo (registration)


The Northern Echo (registration)

Do you know what to do in the event of an asthma attack? Most people in the North-East don't.
The Northern Echo (registration)
THE MAJORITY of people in the region wouldn't know what to do if someone had an asthma attack. Almost three-quarters of those in the North-East and North Yorkshire would not know how to help someone struggling to breathe, according to data from …

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Asthma swim group told they can no longer teach children after 34 years at ONE NK – Lincolnshire Echo

Asthma swim group told they can no longer teach children after 34 years at ONE NK
Lincolnshire Echo
Lincoln Asthma Swimming Group was set up in 1981 as a self-help group for asthmatics and allergy sufferers to help with their breathing. Since then it has taught hundreds of children and their families how to swim and has also trained them in life

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Gains in asthma management show progress in reducing health care disparities – Alexandria Echo Press

Gains in asthma management show progress in reducing health care disparities
Alexandria Echo Press
A growing number of children are getting their asthma under control in Minnesota, including children covered by Medicaid programs, according to data from the sixth annual Health Care Disparities Report conducted by MN Community Measurement for the 

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Sports and asthma: Minnesota kids compete – Alexandria Echo Press

Sports and asthma: Minnesota kids compete
Alexandria Echo Press
With spring arriving and thousands of kids with asthma getting outside to play spring sports, the Minnesota Department of Health is reminding parents, coaches, and athletes to be aware of the signs of an asthma attack this May, which is Asthma
Asthma doesn't stop MN kids from participating in sports …Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog)
Vermont publishes asthma data and state plan on World Asthma Day – VTDiggervtdigger.org

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Major child asthma breakthrough – Daily Echo


Daily Echo

Major child asthma breakthrough
Daily Echo
A CHILD'S risk of developing asthma is slashed by 50 per cent if they are protected from certain foods and dust mites, Southampton doctors have discovered. In a groundbreaking study, Professor Hasan Arshad from Southampton General Hospital has found
'Hygiene hypothesis' isn't a spotless theory, find scientistsTelegraph.co.uk

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Asthma hospitalization rates higher in Twin Cities than Greater … – Alexandria Echo Press

Asthma hospitalization rates higher in Twin Cities than Greater
Alexandria Echo Press
Twin Cities area residents are more likely to end up in the hospital for asthma than those residents living in Greater Minnesota, according to a new asthma report
More hospitalizations for asthma in Twin Cities than rest of MinnesotaMinneapolis Star Tribune (blog)

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