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Our View: World Asthma Month raises awareness to plight
Imperial Valley Press The Dugans have received much support and help from the Imperial Valley Child Asthma Program, run out of El Centro Regional Medical Center, in raising awareness and staging annual World Asthma Day events at Southwest High School. This year, May 3, … |
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Local residents organize 5K/walk, observe World Asthma Day
Imperial Valley Press As people around the globe observe World Asthma Day on Monday, local residents organized and participated in a 5K/1-mile Run-Walk for asthma awareness at Southwest High School on Saturday morning. The event was organized by the Imperial Valley … |
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Run/walk at El Centro's Southwest High commemorates asthma month
Imperial Valley Press In observance of Asthma Awareness Month and World Asthma Day, the Imperial Valley Child Asthma Program in partnership with the Imperial County Run Club, Healthy Homes program and Southwest High School is hosting a 1-mile/5K run/walk event at the … |
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Vista Latina: $4 million grant to fund Imperial Valley asthma research project
Imperial Valley Press Local children up to age 17 visited emergency departments with uncontrolled asthma twice as often as other children in California in 2012. It is estimated that at least 75 percent of those children were Latino, according to information provided by … |
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Asthma, Diabetes And Other Health Conditions Increase Flu Risks
Imperial Valley News Imperial, California (NAPSI) – The CDC urges the millions of Americans with chronic health conditions such as asthma, diabetes, stroke, or heart or lung disease to get a flu vaccine. A chronic health condition, even if it's well managed, increases a … |
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Back To School With Asthma
Imperial Valley News Imperial, California (NAPSI) – Asthma is the most common chronic condition among children, currently affecting over 7 million children in the U.S. Additionally, asthma is the cause of 36,000 absences from school every day. The changes in temperature … |
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Imperial Valley's young asthma sufferers a growing concern
Imperial Valley Press As Arce has come to find out, certain fabrics may harbor dust mites better than others, as well as retain scents and smells that in turn may trigger an asthma attack. After all the family has been through, she said she considers herself pretty … |
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Imperial Valley Child Asthma Program to implement preschool wellness curriculum
Imperial Valley Press The wellness program, called Happy Healthy Me, is somewhat new territory for the asthma program, which has typically dealt with asthma-related issues, said Director Aide Fulton. The decision to provide the curriculum came after years of the program's … |
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Breathe Easier This Summer: Tips To Control Your Child's Asthma
Imperial Valley News Imperial, California (NAPSI) – As the school year draws to a close and the temperature rises, children and families everywhere start to look forward to the simple pleasures of summer-jump rope, sunshine, playing ball, and cookouts. However, for the one … |
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El Centro Outpatient Clinic observes World Asthma Day 2013
Imperial Valley Press Angel Martinez, 9, of El Centro takes a deep breath to see how to use the medication for her asthma. Aide Fulton, Imperial Valley Child Asthma Program director, showed children how to use their medication at the World Asthma Day event on Tuesday. (. |
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