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Web-Based Tool Helps Parents Improve on Kids' Asthma Treatment
Newswise (press release) Newswise — SEATTLE: June 13, 2012 — Asthma is the most common chronic illness in adolescents and children, affecting an estimated seven million children up to the age of 17 in the United States. The burden of asthma on children is substantial: kids … Children with asthma marginalized in movies, researcher says |
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Web-based tool helps parents improve on kids' asthma treatment
EurekAlert (press release) SEATTLE: June 13, 2012 — Asthma is the most common chronic illness in adolescents and children, affecting an estimated seven million children up to the age of 17 in the United States. The burden of asthma on children is substantial: kids with asthma … Children with asthma marginalized in movies, researcher says |
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BPD: Fake cop kidnapped parents of asthmatic kid
Boston Herald … a Boston cop demanded a $100 bribe from a desperate Dorchester couple to pretend he didn't witness them making an illegal U-turn, then detained them from getting home to their child, who was in the throes of an asthma attack, the real police said. Everett man accused of impersonating Boston police and keeping medicine from … Massachusetts man arrested for impersonating cop, keeping medication from … |
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Canada Drugs Online Provides Low Cost Asthma Drugs to Support Parents with …
PR Web (press release) Canada Drugs Online is helping asthma sufferers this spring by providing helpful tips and more affordable options for their asthma treatments. To help prevent children's asthma, remember to avoid smoking while pregnant, breastfeed your child, … |
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British-trained physician wants to empower parents to manage asthma problems …
St. Louis Beacon By Robert Joiner, Beacon staff Dr. Jane Garbutt may be on the trail of a complex and effective low-tech approach to helping parents do better jobs in handling asthma in their children. Robert Boston Jane Garbutt, MBChB (center, right), goes over data … |
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Childhood Asthma Education Night For Parents
Westchester.com White Plains, NY – In honor of May being Asthma Awareness Month, the White Plains Public Library will host a free educational session on childhood asthma for parents and caregivers on Monday, May 14, 2012 from 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Help save ALA asthma program |
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Class to help parents stop triggers for asthma
The Register-Guard By Diane Dietz Groups trying to bring down an elevated rate of childhood asthma in the industrial neighborhoods of west Eugene will present a workshop for parents at Cascade Middle School on Saturday. The overall asthma rate in Lane County is 11 … |
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Most Parents Don't Fill Their Kids' Asthma Meds — Study
Wall Street Journal (blog) By Shirley S. Wang That's the take-home point in a JAMA study aimed at figuring out whether out-of-pocket costs for medications influenced parents' willingness to fill prescriptions for their children's asthma. Analyses from insurance claims for nearly … Co-pays may affect which kids get their meds When co-pays go up, kids' asthma meds goes down |
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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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ContributorNetwork – Childhood asthma is back in the news as parents in a Maryland school found that their asthmatic children had more episodes after being back in school from winter break, reports ABC 7. Their concerns are prompting another look at asthma and what families can do to help make life easier for kids who have it.
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