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Sen. Gillibrand Proposes Legislation To Help Schools With Asthmatic Students
CBS Local In the Bronx, crisscrossed by expressways and dotted with old industrial sites, asthma rates are sky high, WCBS 880's Alex Silverman reported. “Ninety-eight students in my school have asthma out of 387,” said public school principal Patricia Quigley. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand continues to rally for children's health |
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Smoke-Free Legislation Has Birth, Asthma Benefits
Monthly Prescribing Reference (HealthDay News) — Introduction of smoke-free legislation is associated with reductions in preterm birth and hospital attendance for asthma, according to a review published online March 28 in The Lancet. Jasper V. Been, PhD, from Maastricht University … |
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Mom Fights For New Asthma Legislation After Son's Death
Huffington Post Twelve-year-old Ryan Gibbons died in October 2012 after suffering an asthma attack at school. Ryan typically used an inhaler to alleviate asthmatic symptoms, but his Ontario school kept the inhaler locked up in an office, the Canadian Press reports. |
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Hospital admissions for childhood asthma reduces after smoke-free legislation
News-Medical.net NHS statistics analysed by researchers at Imperial College London show a 12.3 per cent fall in admissions for childhood asthma in the first year after the law on smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces came into effect in July 2007. The … |
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Smoke-free legislation reduces asthma hospitalizations for children
eMaxHealth In addition to other health hazard, cigarette smoke is a known trigger for pediatric asthma. Anti-smoking legislation was implemented in England in 2007; thus, enough time has passed to assess its health benefits. Researchers affiliated with Imperial … |
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Introducing Legislation to Fight Asthma
Patch.com On November 27, U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and I introduced the “Family Asthma Act,” which encourages partnerships at the federal, state, and local levels to address the asthma epidemic in the United States. With more than 25 million … |
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Asthma Awareness Month event focuses on clean air legislation
Billings Gazette Children with asthma are frequent visitors to hospitals and can become severely ill and even die from complications of the disease. That was the message that Faith Worden, a certified nursing assistant, gave during an American Lung Association in … |
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Asthma and Allergy Foundation Opposes KY Legislation to Restrict Access to …
SurfKY News In a statement released on Wednesday, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) believes that the proposed legislation would hurt patients. Calling the bill burdensome, the AAFA feels the law would severely restrict patients' access to these … |
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New Legislation and Occupational Asthma in Australia
International Business Times AU Yet the quality of indoor air, the air that we breathe, is of paramount importance because one manifestation of poor quality air is occupational asthma. It's caused by exposure to airborne substances known as asthmagens. Well over 200 respiratory … |
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New Legislation and Occupational Asthma in Australia
International Business Times AU Yet the quality of indoor air, the air that we breathe, is of paramount importance because one manifestation of poor quality air is occupational asthma. It's caused by exposure to airborne substances known as asthmagens. Well over 200 respiratory … |
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