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MLive.com |
Ventilator race helps Jackson College students raise funds for kids with asthma
MLive.com JACKSON, MI – Jackson College respiratory care students raced ventilators to raise funds for Camp Michi-MAC on Thursday, Nov. 5. The 5-kilometer race also commemorated National Respiratory Care Week Oct. 25-31. Two teams of students – Albuterol … |
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Lung Disease News |
National Institute on Aging Funds Research on Asthma in Elderly
Lung Disease News Asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung condition that can provoke severe medical complications in patients older than 60 years. The most common symptoms are coughing, wheezing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, but there is little knowledge about … |
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EdSource Today |
Funds for school health centers target asthma
EdSource Today School-based health centers in California will take the lead in educating school staff and families nationwide about asthma attacks triggered by dust, mold, smoke and chemical cleaning products, according to a new federal grant announced earlier this … |
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KQED (blog) |
Fresno Pilots Asthma Program Aimed at Tapping Investors for Funds
KQED (blog) Mondragon and all four of her children have asthma -– a disease that has sent them to the hospital more times than she can count. So she is more than willing to open her home to Nunu Sixay, an asthma prevention worker trying to figure out what is … |
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University of Rochester Newsroom |
$3.6 Million Grant Funds Asthma Study for Urban Teens
University of Rochester Newsroom As schoolchildren enter their teenage years, they tend to start making more of their own health care decisions. But that transition can be challenging, and certain behaviors — such as making sure they take their daily asthma medication — can … |
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Imperial Valley asthma program in need of funds
Imperial Valley Press A community asthma management and prevention program that is credited with helping asthma patients in the Imperial Valley improve their quality of life may soon cease to exist if it does not secure additional funding. The Imperial Valley Child Asthma … |
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UMass Lowell (press release) |
Grant Funds Asthma Research in Lowell Public Housing
UMass Lowell (press release) Building on the success of the childhood asthma prevention program, the University's Healthy Homes Program is now targeting senior citizens who live in Lowell public housing. Studies show that asthma-related morbidity and mortality among the elderly is … |
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Heinz Endowments funds Pittsburgh asthma study
abc27 PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Heinz Endowments is funding a $415,000 study by researchers to determine whether asthma rates among Pittsburgh Public Schools students are as bad as school nurses say. The nurses estimate as many as half of the city's school … |
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Heinz Endowments funds Pittsburgh asthma study
WTRF PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Heinz Endowments is funding a $415,000 study by researchers to determine whether asthma rates among Pittsburgh Public Schools students are as bad as school nurses say. The nurses estimate as many as half of the city's school … |
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Grant funds program to improve asthma control among African Americans in …
Baylor College of Medicine News “Asthma imposes a disproportionate burden on the area's African-American population, and environmental factors play an important role. This effort is noteworthy because it has the capacity—through extensive use of electronic medical records and close … |
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