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Officials warn of poor RI air quality
Boston Globe It also advises people to stay in an air-conditioned environment if possible, especially those who have asthma and other respiratory difficulties. Regular Rhode Island Public Transit Authority bus and trolley services will be free Sunday to encourage … |
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Placebo relieves asthma symptoms as well as medication
Boston Globe Asthma patients treated with a placebo inhaler or sham acupuncture treatment get as much relief from those “fake” therapies as they do from an inhaler containing the asthma drug albuterol. That surprising finding, published … |
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Indians with asthma line up to swallow live fish
Boston Globe Every June, hundreds of thousands of asthma sufferers gather in Hyderabad to swallow live sardines smeared with secret herbs, convinced the ritual will cure them. The two day free treatment by the Goud family, which claims to have received the formula … Indians with asthma line up to swallow live fish Indians with asthma line up to swallow live fish Indians with asthma line up to swallow live fish |
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Adult asthma rates on the rise
Boston Globe (blog) By Chelsea Conaboy, Globe Staff Asthma rates are on the rise across the Northeast. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released numbers last week showing that, in states from Missouri to Maine, more than 9 percent of the population was … NJ Recognizes National Asthma Awareness Month Asthma Rates Increasing across the Mid-Atlantic Region |
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Environmental law requires support
Boston Globe Stripping the EPA's authority would be a direct threat to the protection the Clean Air Act provides against cancer, asthma attacks, heart attacks, strokes, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and premature deaths. … Protecting our air and public health |
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Early detection of asthma cannot prevent it
Globe and Mail New research has dashed hopes that early treatment of asthma can prevent it from becoming a chronic condition. Inhaled corticosteroids are routinely used to reduce the breathing problems of people with asthma. Some doctors have speculated that these … |
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Doctor training, asthma program targeted in Obama cuts
Boston Globe (blog) The Obama administration proposal slashes by half — from $66 million to $33 million nationally — the amount spent as part of the asthma, childhood lead, … |
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Firefighters step up to fight lung illness
Boston Globe “My son has asthma and has been in and out of hospitals, and one of the leading causes of firefighter death and sickness is lung disease, so I thought it … Step it up! Local fire fighters climb for a cause |
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Antibiotics may increase infants' asthma risk
Boston Globe Early antibiotic use in infants increases the risk of the onset of asthma and allergies by the age of 6, a new study suggests. … Antibiotics – asthma link claimed Study links antibiotics, asthma risk in infants |
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Less wheezing in babies with high vitamin D
Boston Globe There was no difference in incidence of asthma. BOTTOM LINE: Newborns with higher vitamin D levels were less likely to have respiratory infections or … |
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