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Asthma swim group told they can no longer teach children after 34 years at ONE NK
Lincolnshire Echo Lincoln Asthma Swimming Group was set up in 1981 as a self-help group for asthmatics and allergy sufferers to help with their breathing. Since then it has taught hundreds of children and their families how to swim and has also trained them in life … |
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Asthma Moves To The Suburbs: Inner City No Longer Epicenter Of High Asthma …
Medical Daily "Our findings suggest that focusing on inner cities as the epicenters of asthma may lead physicians and public health experts to overlook newly emerging 'hot zones' with high asthma rates," Dr. Elizabeth Matsui, senior author and associate professor at … |
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Asthma patients can now breathe easy for longer
South China Morning Post (subscription) The technology, which can be used in microgram inhalers, boosts drug effectiveness and reduces side effects for patients of asthma, emphysema and other chronic respiratory diseases, says one of the system's co-developers. Baptist University researcher … |
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Asthma no longer an issue as Mount Olive student accepted to West Point
New Jersey Hills But Thomlinson did not want to let go of his dream since childhood and he re-applied to West Point and was accepted this year after tests showed his asthma was no longer a hindrance, he said. Thomlinson said he recalled how he felt after he was … |
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COPD-asthma cases set to grow in Europe as people live longer
PMLiVE In an assessment of 845 people aged at least 85 in the UK, 20 per cent of men and 21 per cent of women had either asthma or COPD. But when participants undertook a spirometry test to measure lung function, 50 per cent of women showed airflow … NHS told to prepare for elderly COPD rise People aged 85 years and over have high burden of respiratory conditions |
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 Earth911.com |
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Earth911.com Photo: Flickr/The US National Archives Air pollution is responsible for a host of health problems – from triggering respiratory irritation to aggravating asthma and heart conditions – and wreaks havoc on the environment, harming plants, … Air Pollution's Effect on Asthma Support for carbon rule follows Maine's lead New EPA standards worthy of support |
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Treatment options for a longer, more intense allergy season
Fox News This priming effect can bring on even more severe symptoms for allergy patients, especially those with asthma, says Neil Kao, an allergist in Greenville, SC Medications, including eye drops, antihistamines and nasal sprays, can relieve hay-fever … Doctor: Allergy season comes early “Achoo!” Pollen Season Well Underway Are Springtime Sniffles Giving You a Headache? |
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 CBC.ca |
2012 Allergy Season Likely To Last Longer [AUDIO]
New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio And a lot of what allergy and asthma sufferers ill deal with can be pinned on the darker side of that mild winter we have been telling you so much about. Since mother nature was given the opportunity to put the state into an early…some would say … Spring is Here Early and so are Allergies Warm Weather Brings Out Allergy Symptoms Allergy season's early start caused by weak winter, experts warn |
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Asthma Exacerbations Can Last a Week or Longer
Medscape November 13, 2011 (Boston, Massachusetts) — Episodes of asthma worsening, when symptoms become more severe or frequent, commonly last for a week or more and can seriously affect a patient's quality of life, according to a study presented in a poster … |
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Primatene Mist Asthma Inhaler No Longer Sold After Dec. 31, 2011
AAFP News Now By Lauren Shelly Primatene Mist is the only OTC inhaler used to treat mild asthma that is sold in the United States. But after Dec. 31, 2011, the epinephrine inhalers will no longer be available to American consumers. The inhalers are being phased out … |
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