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Asthma knowledge remains poor among rising patient numbers in Zambia
Healio “Knowledge about asthma is poor among Zambians and misconceptions are prevalent,” Emilia Jumbe Marsden, MD, of Pendleton Family Practice in Lusaka, Zambia, and colleagues wrote. Jumbe Marsden and colleagues evaluated 1,540 participants (mean … |
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Asthma by the numbers
WWSB ABC 7 According to the Florida Department of Health, approximately 1 in 10 children and 1 in 12 adults have asthma, but rates are on the rise. In 2012, one in six middle and high school students in Florida reported an asthma attack in the past year. From … |
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States battle asthma as numbers grow
USA TODAY But the state has also pioneered advances in addressing asthma treatment and costs. Two years ago, the Missouri legislature became the first to allow schools to stock quick-relief asthma medications for emergencies. Missouri also became the first state … |
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States Battle Asthma as Numbers Grow
Stateline But the state has also pioneered advances in addressing asthma treatment and costs. Two years ago, the Missouri legislature became the first to allow schools to stock quick-relief asthma medications for emergencies. Missouri also became the first state … |
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Asthma Prescription Numbers Slow Down
Genetic Engineering News The asthma prescription market is slowing as the leading drugs lose patent protection. But leading market researchers BCC and GBI Research each predict moderate growth until at least 2017, thanks to new market entrants and a disease prevalence that … |
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Asthma by the Numbers
New York Times Federal health officials recently issued a gloomy report noting that the percentage of Americans suffering from asthma reached a record high of 8.4 percent in 2010, up from 7.3 percent in 2001. An estimated 25.7 million people had asthma in 2010, … |
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A by the numbers look at asthma
Dubuque Telegraph Herald Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the airways, the tubes that carry air into and out of the lungs. Asthma causes the inside walls of these airways to become sore and swollen. Allergens that emerge in spring can exacerbate asthma's effects. |
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Three-fold variation in numbers of children going to A&E
Telegraph.co.uk The Child Health Atlas, released by the Department of Health, investigated variation in care around the country across more than 20 different indicators including admission to hospital for asthma, immunisation rates and deaths. 'Big variations' in NHS child care New Health Maps To Drive Children's Health Improvements Disparities in child healthcare exposed |
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Asthma hits adults in greater numbers
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Commonly thought of as a disease that affects mostly children, asthma has been increasing among adults. A recent study from Ball State University's Global Health Institute found that nearly 14 percent of Indiana adults have had asthma, … |
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Asthma is hitting adults in greater numbers
The Sheboygan Press Commonly thought of as a disease that affects mostly children, asthma has been increasing among adults. A recent study from Ball State University's Global Health Institute found that nearly 14 percent of Indiana adults have had asthma, … |
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