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One in five kids in parts of St. Louis area struggle with asthma
STLtoday.com Nurse Lisa Meadows works on a mobile medical van that visits the area's elementary schools where as many as 25 percent of the students have asthma. “Many children are walking around very sick,” but they don't know they don't have to be, Meadows said. |
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Asthma rates high in St. Louis city, county
Joplin Globe LOUIS — One in five children has asthma in some of the poorest areas of St. Louis city and county, where health officials are hoping closer attention to managing treatment and medication will save money and lives. Nationwide, about 1 in 10 children … |
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Asthma rates high in St. Louis city, county
Danbury News Times LOUIS (AP) — One in five children has asthma in some of the poorest areas of St. Louis city and county, where health officials are hoping closer attention to managing treatment and medication will save money and lives. Nationwide, about 1 in 10 … |
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Asthma rates high in St. Louis city, county
KMOV.com The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that four children died from asthma in the city and county in 2009 and 2010 and the ailment has become the leading chronic condition among children, with poor, inner-city minorities bearing the brunt. The St. Louis … One in five kids in parts of St. Louis area struggle with asthma |
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Asthma rates high in St. Louis city, county
Fort Mills Times The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ( http://bit.ly/TYIbRX) reports that four children died from asthma in the city and county in 2009 and 2010 and the ailment has become the leading chronic condition among children, with poor, inner-city minorities bearing … |
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 The Atlantic Cities |
Why St. Louis May Not Be Able to Stem its Asthma Epidemic – Politics – The …
The Atlantic Cities Among its many distinctions, like being the birthplace of both peanut butter and hot dogs on buns, St. Louis holds two less cheerful records: Its cigarette tax is the lowest in the United States, and it also ranks as the seventh worst "Asthma Capital … |
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The Makings of an Asthma Epidemic in St. Louis
The Atlantic Among its many distinctions, like being the birthplace of both peanut butter and hot dogs on buns, St. Louis holds two less cheerful records: Its cigarette tax is the lowest in the United States, and it also ranks as the seventh worst "Asthma Capital … |
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Google gift allows SLU, Harvard to create real-time asthma alert system
St. Louis American A $93,000 gift from Google together with a $25,000 award from Saint Louis University's President's Research Fund will allow faculty at SLU, Harvard and St. Louis College of Pharmacy to research smart phone and web-based applications and data … SLU To Help Develop Asthma App |
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Mice at risk of asthma, allergies can fight off skin cancer
Washington University in St. Louis News A molecule involved in asthma and allergies now has been shown to make mice resistant to skin cancer, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The molecule, called TSLP (thymic stromal lymphopoietin), is … |
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Children taking steroids for asthma are slightly shorter than peers ?
Washington University in St. Louis News Children who use inhaled steroid drugs for asthma end up slightly shorter at their full adult height than children who don't use the drugs, new results from a comprehensive asthma study show. The findings will be presented Sept. 3 at the European … |
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