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Helena Independent Record |
Column: People with asthma may be struggling to breathe this winter
Helena Independent Record Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. Its symptoms are periodic wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing and a tight chest. In Lewis and Clark County, almost 14 percent of adults report having had asthma at some point in their lives. |
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Independent Online |
Asthma and exercise: Can they coexist?
Independent Online Washington – Asthma: It's that first breath that always seems the worst. The chest tightens and the airways spasm. A cough, a wheeze and an attack. Especially when it's exacerbated by the cold of winter, asthma is a discomfort for some and a medical … |
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Irish Independent |
Breathing for life: Huge progress in asthma treatments
Irish Independent So they came to the conclusion that she was suffering from allergic asthma. It then emerged that her father, Ned Morrissey, a well-known horse breeder, had suffered from asthma when Breda was a child, but she says she "never even saw an inhaler in the … |
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UF launches CHAMP program for overweight asthmatic children
The Independent Florida Alligator The UF Childhood Health and Asthma Management Program (CHAMP) will provide strategies for children and their parents to practice healthy behaviors beginning in January. The program, funded by the American Lung Association, will be of no cost to the to … |
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The Independent |
Stress at work increases risk of developing asthma, according to major new …
The Independent It supports previous studies pointing to a link between the development of asthma and stress, according to researchers. The use of temporary contracts and other “flexible forms of contracting” as well as downsizing, are cited as factors which “increase … Job loss fears may boost first-time asthma risk Work-Stress And Asthma: Fear Of Losing Your Job Linked To Developing First … Job fears may increase asthma risk |
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The Independent |
Asthma inhalers can stunt growth in children, new research finds
The Independent Samantha Walker, director of research and policy at the charity Asthma Research UK, said: "For a long time now people with asthma have told us they fear the side effects of taking asthma medicines but the good news is this evidence shows only a … |
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Four States Homepage |
May is Asthma Awareness Month in Kentucky
The Independent According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the exact cause for asthma is unknown and the disease is incurable, but is treatable with self-management education, appropriate medical care and abstinence from environmental triggers. Asthma Awareness Month May is Asthma Awareness Month |
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The Independent |
Asthma deaths: patients 'dying needlessly' because of poor care, report warns
The Independent The authors are now calling for an end to “complacency” around asthma care, after the report identified “major avoidable factors” in two thirds of asthma deaths, indicating more deaths could be preventable if these factors are addressed. In 2012, 1,242 … Asthma killing people needlessly, says Royal College of Physicians Asthma sufferers in the UK are 'dying needlessly each year because of poor … 800 asthma patients a year die needlessly: Half were given the wrong medication |
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The Independent |
Asthma patients 'dying needlessly' because of poor care, warns report
The Independent The report found that 45 per cent of those people who died following an asthma failed to call for help or obtain help during their attack and the vast majority of children died even before they reached hospital. Dr Levy said: “It might be that in these … Hundreds of asthma deaths could be prevented People dying needlessly from asthma, says Royal College of Physicians Asthma sufferers in the UK are 'dying needlessly each year because of poor … |
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Irish Independent |
Asthma experts hit out at 'salt cave' therapy
Irish Independent The Asthma Society of Ireland was responding to claims made by a Polish medical group that the underground caves had proven to be a "really effective" means of treatment and in some cases had actually cured people of asthma. The comments were made … |
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