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Racine area 4th grader helps school bus driver during asthma attack
Minneapolis Star Tribune MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. — A Racine-area school bus driver says a fourth-grade student saved her life when she had an asthma attack while driving the bus. Daquisha Adams says she had the asthma episode on Thursday morning at the start of her route. |
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Man having asthma attack dies after officer stops speeding car, calls for help
Minneapolis Star Tribune The female driver yelled that a male passenger was having an asthma attack and needed to get to an emergency room. The officer called for an ambulance. Police say it took about six minutes for paramedics to arrive. Twenty-nine-year-old Casey Kressin … Man stopped on the way to hospital, later dies Man's death under investigation in Chippewa Falls Man dies after car he's in pulled over for speeding |
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Large CDC survey detects drop in asthma rates, but researchers cautious about …
Minneapolis Star Tribune NEW YORK — A new survey suggests asthma in the U.S. may finally be on the decline. But the results are so surprising that health officials are cautious about claiming a downturn. "I wouldn't say it's good news — yet," said the study's lead author … Study Suggest Asthma Is On The Decline, Doctors Are Cautious |
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Staff reporter- Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal (blog) based Mayo and California-based Sanovas aim to make it easier for health providers to treat asthma patients using a relatively new procedure called bronchial thermoplasty, which uses thermal energy to smooth airway muscles. Asthmatx, owned by Boston … |
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Asthma doesn't stop MN kids from participating in sports …
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog) A high rate of youth sports participants who have asthma means that coaches and managers should have some basic awareness about the chronic respiratory disorder and how to deal with it, the Minnesota Department of Health said in a news release … Sports and asthma: Minnesota kids compete Vermont publishes asthma data and state plan on World Asthma Day – VTDigger |
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Amy: Mom's smoking triggers asthma
Minneapolis Star Tribune Dear Amy: Three years ago I became very sick with an upper respiratory infection. The illness was bad enough to damage my lungs, leaving an asthmatic condition that has me on a daily steroid inhaler and a rescue inhaler for when my lungs close up. |
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Asthma problems greater in metro than in rural areas
Minneapolis Star Tribune Residents of the Twin Cities metro area are more likely to wind up in the hospital for problems related to asthma than people in rural areas, according to a new … |
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Asthmatic children get fewer meds when cost hits parents more
Minneapolis Star Tribune (blog) School-aged children received less asthma medication, on average, when their parents had to pay more of the cost out of pocket, according to a study released this afternoon in the influential Journal of the American Medical Association. Most Parents Don't Fill Their Kids' Asthma Meds — Study High Out-of-Pocket Costs for Kids' Asthma Drugs Could Pose Dangers Cost Sharing Linked to Rise in Asthma Hospitalizations |
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NY Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, 43, dies of apparent asthma attack …
Minneapolis Star Tribune Times photographer Tyler Hicks told the newspaper that Shadid had suffered one bout of asthma the first night, followed by a more severe attack a week later on the way out of the country. "I stood next to him and asked if he was OK, … New York Times reporter dies in Syria 'NY Times' correspondent Shadid dies in Syria New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid dies of apparent asthma attack … |
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Cuba-to-US swim too much for Nyad
Minneapolis Star Tribune Diana Nyad, 61, stroked through shoulder pain and floated on her back when asthma made it difficult for her to breathe on the attempt to swim from Cuba to Key West, Fla., that she began Sunday. But by early Tuesday, trembling in the water, … Diana Nyad's Cuba-to-US swim has lessons for us all They Are Not Us US swimmer ends Cuba-to-Florida bid |
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