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Illinois Residents with Asthma Threatened by Potential Federal Budget Cuts – PR-USA.net (press release)

Illinois Residents with Asthma Threatened by Potential Federal Budget Cuts
PR-USA.net (press release)
The American Lung Association in Illinois announced today its strong support for continued funding of the US Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) National Asthma Control Program, which has worked to integrate and coordinate the public health response to …
Asthma rates up, despite less smoking and air pollutionKansas City Star
Nearly one 1 in 12 in US have asthma: studyThe Independent
CDC: Asthma Rates Keep RisingOccupational Health & Safety
Malaysia Star –American Council on Science and Health
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Illinois Residents with Asthma Threatened by Potential Federal Budget Cuts – PR Newswire (press release)

Illinois Residents with Asthma Threatened by Potential Federal Budget Cuts
PR Newswire (press release)
CHICAGO, May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Lung Association in Illinois announced today its strong support for continued funding of the US Centers for Disease Control's (CDC) National Asthma Control Program, which has worked to …
What is asthma?St. Louis American
What is Asthma?THISDAY Live
Symptom watch: Do I have asthma?KNDO/KNDU
News on Wellness
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New breast cancer committee to establish federal research agenda

A newly formed advisory committee will develop and coordinate a strategic federal research agenda on environmental and genetic factors related to breast cancer.
The 19-member Interagency Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Coordinating
Committee (IBCERCC) was established by the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences (NIEHS), in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute
(NCI), to review all breast cancer research efforts conducted or supported
by federal agencies.

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NIDA and Federal Partners to Launch National Drug Facts Week

Expanding on the success of its online Drug Facts Chat Day, the National
Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) today announced it is launching National Drug
Facts Week, a new national awareness week designed to bring together teens
and scientific experts to discuss the facts about drug abuse. NIDA is a component
of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services.

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Annual Federal Statistics Compilation Reports Second Straight Decline In Preterm Births

Preterm births and adolescent births declined, eighth graders’ math and reading scores increased, and more children had health insurance, according to the federal government’ annual statistical report on the well-being of the nation’s children and youth. The report also showed several economic changes that coincided with the beginning of the economic downturn: increases in child poverty and food insecurity, as well as a decline in secure parental employment.

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