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Health Highlights: June 1, 2012
U.S. News & World Report A federal action plan to improve asthma care and prevention in racial and ethnic minorities in the United States was announced Thursday. Asthma affects nearly 26 million Americans, especially minority children and children in poor families. |
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Asthma Summit Highlights Regional Problems
Essential Public Radio Pollution and high obesity rates help to make Pittsburgh fourth highest in the nation for asthma rates, according to experts at an asthma summit on the North Side on Wednesday. Pollution and high obesity rates help to make Pittsburgh fourth highest in … |
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Asthma Northern Ireland highlights fatal attack risks
BBC News Asthma UK Northern Ireland has said around 40% of people with the condition here are underestimating their risk of having a potentially fatal attack. Every year more than 20 people in Northern Ireland die from asthma. The charity said asthma attacks … Asthma Society of Ireland launch Asthma Attack Card |
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Desso Highlights the Danger of Particulate Matter at World Asthma Day 2012
MarketWatch (press release) On 1 May 2012 – World Asthma Day – the European carpet manufacturer Desso will be highlighting a global problem: the poor indoor air quality in many homes and public buildings. An excessive quantity of dust particles and particulate matter in indoor … |
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New guidance highlights prevalence of occupational asthma
AnaesthesiaUK New guidance has called on doctors to explore the potential job-related causes of asthma when diagnosing patients. An estimated one in six cases of asthma in people of working age is either caused or aggravated by work-related factors. |
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Road hike highlights breadth of asthma
Adelaide Now FIGHT AGAINST ASTHMA: Cycling champion Jessica Allen and Western Force coach Richard Graham with Neisha Adma Weda (8), Bianca Adma Weda (5) and Sena Lefroy. Picture: Richard Polden Source: PerthNow WESTERN Force head coach Richard Graham has spoken of … |
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 Forbes |
Study Highlights Hidden Dangers in Everyday Products
Forbes The study was funded by Silent Spring Institute, which had 213 consumer products (in 50 categories) independently tested by Battelle Labs in Ohio for 66 specific chemicals associated with either endocrine disruption or asthma. Silent Spring Seeks to Stoke Consumer Fears Without Regard For the Facts |
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Recommended: Shadid's death highlights dangers of asthma
msnbc.com 16, 2012, apparently of an asthma attack, while on assignment for the New York Times in Syria, the paper said. He was 43. By Linda Carroll Journalist Anthony Shadid's sudden death has many wondering how an apparently healthy 43-year-old man could be … New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid dies in Syria after asthma attack New York Times Correspondent Shadid Dies in Syria The man who brought the Arab Spring home |
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 Boston Globe |
Anthony Shadid's death highlights dangers of asthma
Boston Globe “Asthma deaths are pretty uncommon, though not as uncommon as you might think,” said Brigham and Women's Hospital asthma researcher Dr. Michael Wechsler. It causes about 4000 deaths in the United States every year. Whether Shadid's life could have been … |
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 USA TODAY |
Reporter Anthony Shadid's Death Highlights Asthma Dangers
ABC News (blog) Asthma experts responding to the death of New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid say his death is a sad reminder of the potentially serious nature of his condition. The 43-year-old journalist's death, apparently the result of a severe asthma … Anthony Shadid's death highlights dangers of asthma 'NY Times' correspondent Shadid dies in Syria Anthony Shadid and horse allergies |
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