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Blacks Die From Asthma at Steep Rates, But Are Absent From Many Studies
KQED “The majority of genetic studies, not just in asthma but in most diseases, are done in Caucasian- or European-descent populations,” White explains. “The longest studies do not really include very many minority populations, which means that most … |
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Asthma: A Persistent Threat
KQED Twenty-five million Americans — including 1 in 10 children — have asthma, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But even as treatments for asthma have improved, total numbers of those affected by the chronic disease haven't declined over the … |
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Despite Efforts, ER Visits Spike in California Kids with Asthma
KQED Statewide, the rates of ER visits for asthma symptoms rose by about 18 percent for California children ages 5 to 17 and by 6 percent for children under 5 between 2005 and 2012, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis of the latest available rates by … |
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Schools Are at the Front Line of Asthma Fight
KQED (blog) Shameka Bibb gives her son Sarquan Holland, Jr., age 5, his asthma inhaler at school before she leaves him for the day. Holland's asthma is so severe that he has been on prednisone since he was three and is on the strongest dose of inhaler, not usually … |
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Fresno Pilots Asthma Program Aimed at Tapping Investors for Funds
KQED (blog) Mondragon and all four of her children have asthma -– a disease that has sent them to the hospital more times than she can count. So she is more than willing to open her home to Nunu Sixay, an asthma prevention worker trying to figure out what is … |
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Can Air Pollution Cause Asthma in Kids? How About Autism?
KQED (blog) A study led by UCSF found that African American and Latino infants living in communities with high automobile exhaust are more likely to develop childhood asthma than those living with less pollution. This is significant because minority communities … |
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Asthma's Heavy Toll on East Bay Kids | KQED Public Media for Northern CA
KQED A new Oakland Tribune. analysis of health data from across the state shows that the asthma rate for children in five ZIP codes in Oakland and one in Emeryville are among the very highest in California. The disease is focused mostly in poor … |
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Asthma's Heavy Toll on East Bay Kids
KQED A new Oakland Tribune. analysis of health data from across the state shows that the asthma rate for children in five ZIP codes in Oakland and one in Emeryville are among the very highest in California. The disease is focused mostly in poor … |
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Asthmatic Kids at Risk in the Central Valley
KQED (blog) As she reports, a recent study from UCSF [PDF] finds a direct link between air pollution and asthma-related ER visits. The study found what researchers call a “linear association” between certain components of air pollution and asthma ER visits. … An Invisible Danger in the Central Valley |
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