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Opportunity Council programs help fight impacts of asthma
Bellingham Herald May is Asthma Awareness Month, a good time to remind ourselves that homes and other buildings can encourage good health – or they can make us sick. Mold, dust, harmful chemicals and other irritants are common in many homes. Because most of us … |
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Health District can help people avoid asthma triggers
Shelton Herald Asthma can cause wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing, according to the Naugatuck Valley Health District (NVHD), which serves Shelton. Although asthma cannot be cured, it is possible to manage asthma to reduce and prevent asthma … |
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The Courier-Journal |
Smart inhalers may help find asthma hotpsots
The Courier-Journal A high-tech medical study that used "smart" emergency inhalers to identify possible asthma hot spots in Louisville is moving into a second phase after showing it helped patients better control their illness while exploring ties to local air quality … |
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kfor.com |
Men's Memorial Marathon winner crosses finish line with help of asthma inhaler
kfor.com OKLAHOMA CITY – As thousands of participants crossed the starting line of the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, two men immediately led the pack. Scott Downard and Derek Lee pulled ahead of any of the other runners around the Capitol campus; … Heart Transplant Brings Two Families Together In OKC Memorial Marathon |
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Bill aims to help NY students with asthma
News 12 Bronx (registration) New legislation has been proposed to change the way New York schools respond to asthma attacks. Kenneth Wilkerson's 9-year-old son Kendell died in 2012 from an asthma attack at P.S. 97. Wilkerson says he doesn't want any other parent to experience … |
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Syracuse.com |
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to help schools prepare for rising asthma rates
Syracuse.com U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, introduced a bill on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, to help address rising asthma rates in children. Gillibrand, right, is shown playing with children from a Martha's Table pre-K program on the U.S. Capitol lawn, during … |
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Breath of Fresh Air: How Smartphones Can Help Asthma Sufferers
Live Science As smartphones become ubiquitous, several companies are taking advantage of these portable computers to track when and where people with asthma need their medication. The data collected by the smartphones are giving researchers a clearer overall … |
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CTV News |
Twitter may help hospitals predict spike in asthma attacks
CTV News A chronic condition, asthma currently affects an estimated 25 million people in the US, and its prevalence is rising steadily. Each year, asthma is responsible for around 2 million emergency room visits, half a million hospital admissions and 2,500 … Twitter and Big Data Could Predict Emergency Room Rush Hours Twitter may help hospitals anticipate a spike in asthma attacks |
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Lauderdale Daily News |
Study: Twitter Could Help Predict Asthma-Related ED Patient Volume
iHealthBeat The researchers found no meaningful relationship between the asthma-related Google searches and ED visits (Budryk, FierceHealthcare, 4/16). The authors noted that they are working to expand their research to see if their preliminary findings hold when … How Twitter Can Help Predict Emergency Room Visits Twitter can help predict emergency room visits |
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How Twitter Can Help Predict Emergency-Room Visits
UANews (press release) Researchers tracked asthma-related tweets around the world, shown in the visualization above, then zoomed in on a particular region to see how the social media posts, when analyzed alongside other data, could help them predict asthma-related emergency … Public Release: 15-Apr-2015 How Twitter can help predict emergency room visits Twitter May Help Predict Emergency Room Visits Study Suggests Twitter Posts Could Help Predict ER Traffic |
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