Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma – Marin Independent-Journal

Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma
Marin Independent-Journal
Each year, asthma attacks send tens of thousands of California children to the emergency room. Some of the patients face such severe and enduring symptoms that they are admitted to the hospital for days. In 2010, the state had more than 11,000 such
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Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma – Mercury-Register

Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma
Mercury-Register
Each year, asthma attacks send tens of thousands of California children to the emergency room. Some of the patients face such severe and enduring symptoms that they are admitted to the hospital for days. In 2010, the state had more than 11,000 such
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Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma – San Jose Mercury News

Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma
San Jose Mercury News
Each year, asthma attacks send tens of thousands of California children to the emergency room. Some of the patients face such severe and enduring symptoms that they are admitted to the hospital for days. In 2010, the state had more than 11,000 such
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Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma – Contra Costa Times

Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma
Contra Costa Times
It was the sound of asthmaasthma out of control. Two of the children who'd spent the night there, oxygen sensors glowing red around their index fingers, were ill, one with a bad cold, the other with pneumonia. But they were confined to hospital
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Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma – Inside Bay Area

Pollution takes heavy toll on Bay Area children with asthma
Inside Bay Area
OAKLAND — The pediatric inpatient unit was quiet, except for the deep, relentless coughing. It was the sound of asthmaasthma out of control. Two of the children who'd spent the night there, oxygen sensors glowing red around their index fingers
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Heavy kids may not respond as well to asthma meds – WBRC

Heavy kids may not respond as well to asthma meds
WBRC
By Kathleen Doheny SUNDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) — Overweight children may not respond as well to common asthma medicines known as inhaled corticosteroids, new research finds. As a result, they may need more of the long-term control medication,
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Heavy kids may not respond as well to asthma meds – WMBF

Heavy kids may not respond as well to asthma meds
WMBF
By Kathleen Doheny SUNDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) — Overweight children may not respond as well to common asthma medicines known as inhaled corticosteroids, new research finds. As a result, they may need more of the long-term control medication,
Asthma medications may be less effective in overweight children with asthmaPediatric SuperSite

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Heavy kids may not respond as well to asthma meds – MyFox Wausau

Heavy kids may not respond as well to asthma meds
MyFox Wausau
By Kathleen Doheny SUNDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) — Overweight children may not respond as well to common asthma medicines known as inhaled corticosteroids, new research finds. As a result, they may need more of the long-term control medication,
Asthma medications may be less effective in overweight children with asthmaPediatric SuperSite

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