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Asthma-Friendly schools, day cares help keep kids healthy
The News-Press As our children return to school for the 2015-2016 school year, we need to acknowledge concerns for students with asthma and note the importance of having an action plan in place to effectively manage and treat the condition. Marked by episodes of … |
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Asthma Ally App Can Help Patients Achieve Better Asthma Control
MD Magazine Researchers from Utah presented a case study in which a 42-year-old male alerted his allergist's office to track when his asthma symptoms were not under control via an app called Asthma Ally. The man, an asthma patient, was able to connect with his … |
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Asthma coaches help parents control symptoms
KING5.com Asthma is a life-long condition and costs $18 billion a year in medical expenses, lost work and school days. Now, there's a new approach to help your children's health while saving time and money. For 11 year-old Quin McCormac, the first symptoms came … |
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Th2 biomarkers help identify inflammation in patients with asthma
Healio The analysis included 622 adults aged 18 to 65 years with partly or poorly controlled moderate to severe asthma. Researchers separated participants into two groups. The first group included participants (n = 237) with high airway reversibility … |
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EPA grant will help raise asthma awareness in Southeast Community
Daily Press A $30,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will help the group implement its plan to raise awareness and establish a scientific footing for its concerns about the neighborhood's disproportionate asthma rates. "We want to know specifics. |
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HottyToddy.com |
Cleveland Clinic: Bad Allergies? Why Sinus Surgery May Help You Avoid Asthma
HottyToddy.com Allergies, chronic sinus problems and asthma are increasing in western societies. No one is exactly sure why this is happening, but some suspect it has to do with being too clean. The “cleanliness hypothesis” states that people are not routinely … |
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WNDU-TV |
Asthma coaches help parents learn condition's triggers, signs and symptoms
WNDU-TV One in 10 children is living with asthma right now. It's a lifelong condition and costs $18 billion a year in medical expenses, lost work and school days. Now, there's a new approach to help your children's health while saving time and money. Quin … |
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WABC-TV |
New push to help schools treat students who suffer from asthma
WABC-TV With the new school year on the horizon, there is a push to help all students with asthma get the care they need. The initiative was discussed Wednesday in the Bronx, where childhood rates of asthma are above average. Some 36,000 children in the Bronx … Sen. Gillibrand Proposes Legislation To Help Schools With Asthmatic Students Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand continues to rally for children's health |
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CBS Local |
Sen. Gillibrand Proposes Legislation To Help Schools With Asthmatic Students
CBS Local In the Bronx, crisscrossed by expressways and dotted with old industrial sites, asthma rates are sky high, WCBS 880's Alex Silverman reported. “Ninety-eight students in my school have asthma out of 387,” said public school principal Patricia Quigley. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand continues to rally for children's health |
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Taking care of asthma: How to spot an attack and how to help
GoDanRiver.com Asthma is a chronic lung disease characterized by inflamed airways that cause wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and coughing. Asthma attacks occur when certain irritants get into the lungs and cause muscles to tighten around already-inflamed … |
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